Screening for latent tuberculosis infection among undocumented immigrants in Swiss healthcare centres; a descriptive exploratory study
Open Access
- 24 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 9 (1) , 34
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-34
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