Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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One Step toward a Low Tuberculosis-Burden Country: Screening for Tuberculosis Infection among the Immigrants and Refugees

  • Kim, Hyung Woo (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Ju Sang (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2019.11.06
  • Accepted : 2019.11.14
  • Published : 2020.01.31
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