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The Control of Tuberculosis in Korean Military Personnel  

Lee, Sei-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Capital Hospital)
Jeon, Kyeong-Man (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Choi, Chang-Min (Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.65, no.6, 2008 , pp. 453-456 More about this Journal
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