BCG scar and positive tuberculin reaction associated with reduced child mortality in West Africa: A non-specific beneficial effect of BCG?
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- 28 March 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 21 (21-22) , 2782-2790
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00181-6
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