Tuberculosis control in the Republic of Korea
The incidence and mortality rates of tuberculosis (TB) in the Republic of Korea are 77 and 5.2 per 100,000 people, respectively (2016), which are the highest among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Recently, the incidence of TB among teens and individ...
Main Author: | Kyung Sook Cho |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Epidemiology
2018-08-01
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Series: | Epidemiology and Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-40-e2018036.pdf |
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