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Table of Content - Volume 8 Issue 2 - November 2017


 

A study of health seeking behaviour and assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis amongst new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Anil Maske1, Sachin Chaudhari2*, S V Birajdar3

 

1Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, SRTR Government Medical College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

2Assistant Professor, 3Professor and HOD, Department of Medicine, SRTR Government Medical College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: drsachchaudhari@gmail.com

 

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