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Comment
. 2015 Dec;105(12):e3.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302895. Epub 2015 Oct 15.

Missed Opportunity to Prevent Tuberculosis

Sanghyuk S Shin  1 , Tiffany Hsu  1 , Edgar Chavez  1 , Alicia H Chang  1 , Peter R Kerndt  1
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Comment

Missed Opportunity to Prevent Tuberculosis

Sanghyuk S Shin et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec.
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  • Davidow Responds.
    Davidow AL. Davidow AL. Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):e3-4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302917. Epub 2015 Oct 15. Am J Public Health. 2015. PMID: 26469645 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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