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. 2018 Aug 10;3(4):e000971.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000971. eCollection 2018.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: is India ready for the challenge?

Soumya Chatterjee #  1 , Husain Poonawala #  2 , Yogesh Jain  3
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis: is India ready for the challenge?

Soumya Chatterjee et al. BMJ Glob Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; health policy; health systems; public health; tuberculosis.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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