The long and winding road of chest radiography for tuberculosis detection

Cecily Miller, Knut Lonnroth, Giovanni Sotgiu, Giovanni Battista Migliori

Source: Eur Respir J, 49 (5) 1700364; 10.1183/13993003.00364-2017
Journal Issue: May

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