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http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2014.29.2.170

Is ambient air pollution another risk factor of tuberculosis?  

Kim, Jusang (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
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The Korean journal of internal medicine / v.29, no.2, 2014 , pp. 170-172 More about this Journal
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