Monitoring tuberculosis treatment outcome: analysis of national surveillance data from a clinical perspective.

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Published in Thorax on July 05, 2007

Authors

I C Ditah1, M Reacher, C Palmer, J M Watson, J Innes, M E Kruijshaar, H N Luma, I Abubakar

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Public Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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