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http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2019.0079

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)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.83, no.1, 2020 , pp. 104-105 More about this Journal
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