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. 1994 Nov;49(11):1085–1089. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.11.1085

Tuberculosis in the UK, 1994: current issues and future trends.

L P Ormerod, R J Shaw, D M Mitchell
PMCID: PMC475266  PMID: 7831621

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