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Treatment Default an Important Cause of Tuberculosis Mortality in Rural India
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Title Treatment Default an Important Cause of Tuberculosis Mortality in Rural India
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569874?src=rss
Description Mortality rates among tuberculosis patients in rural south India are over fourfold higher than mortality rates in the general population, according to findings published in the January issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. Reuters Health Information
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Date Feb 8, 2008
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