Tuberculosis causes poverty but do tuberculosis control programmes reach the poor?

B. Squire (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Risks for tuberculosis
Session: Risks for tuberculosis
Session type: Major Symposium
Number: 4008
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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