Minimum package for cross-border TB control and care in the WHO European region: a Wolfheze consensus statement

Masoud Dara, Pierpaolo de Colombani, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, Rosella Centis, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Andreas Sandgren, Einar Heldal, Giovanni Sotgiu, Niesje Jansen, Rankica Bahtijarevic, Giovanni Battista Migliori, on behalf of the members of the Wolfheze Transborder Migration Task Force

Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 40: 1081-1090
Journal Issue: November
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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