Solar ultraviolet B exposure and global variation in tuberculosis incidence: an ecological analysis

Tjarda M. Boere, Douwe H. Visser, A. Marceline van Furth, Paul Lips, Frank G.J. Cobelens

Source: Eur Respir J, 49 (6) 1601979; 10.1183/13993003.01979-2016
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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