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Skin Tests for Tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J.E. Kasik
J.E. Kasik*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
*
IA02, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52240
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 9 , September 1987 , pp. 350 - 352
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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