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Active Case Finding in the Elderly Tuberculosis in South Korea

  • Lee, Seung Heon (Division of Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2019.05.15
  • Accepted : 2019.05.21
  • Published : 2019.07.31

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