Genetics and pulmonary medicine. 3. Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in human populations.

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Published in Thorax on July 01, 1998

Authors

R Bellamy1

Author Affiliations

1: Wellcome Trust Centre For Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK.

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