The new National Tuberculosis Control Programme in Israel, a country of high immigration.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on September 01, 2003

Authors

D Chemtob1, A Leventhal, Y Berlowitz, D Weiler-Ravell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Tuberculosis and AIDS, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. daniel.chemtob@moh.health.gov.il

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