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Level of Suspicion of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Over a 4-Year Period in a Teaching Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Annie-Claude Labbé
Affiliation:
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Karl Weiss
Affiliation:
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Michel Laverdiere
Affiliation:
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Louise Poirer
Affiliation:
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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