Patients' beliefs: do they affect tuberculosis control? A study in a rural district of South Africa.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on December 01, 2002

Authors

M E Edginton1, C S Sekatane, S J Goldstein

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. edgintonme@sph.wits.ac.za

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