Community-randomized trial of enhanced DOTS for tuberculosis control in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on February 01, 2010

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S C Cavalcante1, B Durovni, G L Barnes, F B A Souza, R F Silva, P F Barroso, C I Mohan, A Miller, J E Golub, R E Chaisson

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1: Municipal Health Secretariat, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. drsocavalcante@yahoo.com.br

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