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Editorial
. 2008 Mar 1;336(7642):457-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39464.485208.80. Epub 2008 Feb 4.

Doubts about DOTS

G R Davies, S B Squire
Editorial

Doubts about DOTS

G R Davies et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

It’s too soon to say that direct observation of short courses of tuberculosis treatment is failing

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