Compulsory screening of immigrants for TB and HIV: screening could detect latent infection
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- PMCID: PMC387521
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.897-a
Compulsory screening of immigrants for TB and HIV: screening could detect latent infection
Comment on
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Compulsory screening of immigrants for tuberculosis and HIV.BMJ. 2004 Feb 7;328(7435):298-300. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.298. BMJ. 2004. PMID: 14764463 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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