Silicosis and silicotuberculosis in India

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India .
² RNTCP Technical Support Network, Revised National Tuberculosis Programme, D-776, First Floor, C R Park, New Delhi, 110019, India .
³ The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India .

Nandini Sharma et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 1;94(10):777-778.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.163550. Epub 2016 Aug 31.

¹ Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India .
² RNTCP Technical Support Network, Revised National Tuberculosis Programme, D-776, First Floor, C R Park, New Delhi, 110019, India .
³ The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India .

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