Predictors of loss to follow-up of tuberculosis cases under the DOTS programme in Namibia

Dan Kibuule, Philomein Aiases, Nunurai Ruswa, Timothy William Rennie, Roger K. Verbeeck, Brian Godman, Mwangana Mubita

Source: ERJ Open Res, 6 (1) 00030-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00030-2019
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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