Closing the Policy-Practice Gap in the Management of Child Contacts of Tuberculosis Cases in Developing Countries
Open Access
- 11 October 2011
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS Medicine
- Vol. 8 (10) , e1001105
Abstract
Philip Campbell Hill and colleagues propose using a health needs assessment framework, research tools, and a strategy for clinical evaluation to help better manage child contacts of adult TB cases.Keywords
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