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Tuberculosis: evidence review for newly arriving immigrants and refugees
Christina Greenaway, Amelia Sandoe, Bilkis Vissandjee, Ian Kitai, Doug Gruner, Wendy Wobeser, Kevin Pottie, Erin Ueffing, Dick Menzies and Kevin Schwartzman
CMAJ September 06, 2011 183 (12) E939-E951; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090302
Christina Greenaway
Amelia Sandoe
Bilkis Vissandjee
Ian Kitai
Doug Gruner
Wendy Wobeser
Kevin Pottie
Erin Ueffing
Dick Menzies
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Tuberculosis: evidence review for newly arriving immigrants and refugees
Christina Greenaway, Amelia Sandoe, Bilkis Vissandjee, Ian Kitai, Doug Gruner, Wendy Wobeser, Kevin Pottie, Erin Ueffing, Dick Menzies, Kevin Schwartzman
CMAJ Sep 2011, 183 (12) E939-E951; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090302
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