Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 696-699 , September 2007

Experience in tuberculosis treatment through directly observed therapy short course in health centres and communities in Cambodia

Received 20 March 2006 ,Revised 11 February 2007 ,Accepted 21 February 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00075-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.012

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 696-699 , September 2007