Surveillance of tuberculosis in Europe. Working Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Region of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) for uniform reporting on tuberculosis cases.

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Published in Eur Respir J on May 01, 1996

Authors

H L Rieder1, J M Watson, M C Raviglione, M Forssbohm, G B Migliori, V Schwoebel, A G Leitch, J P Zellweger

Author Affiliations

1: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.

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