Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Community Active Case Finding and Household Contact Investigation for Tuberculosis Case Detection in Urban Africa
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Community Active Case Finding and Household Contact Investigation for Tuberculosis Case Detection in Urban Africa
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Keywords
Tuberculosis, Coughing, Cost-effectiveness analysis, Uganda, Sputum, Health economics, Tuberculosis diagnosis and management, Transportation
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages e0117009
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2015-02-07
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0117009
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