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. 2015 Sep;46(3):871-4.
doi: 10.1183/09031936.00011015. Epub 2015 Mar 18.

Video directly observed therapy for treatment of tuberculosis is patient-oriented and cost-effective

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Video directly observed therapy for treatment of tuberculosis is patient-oriented and cost-effective

Mehdi Mirsaeidi et al. Eur Respir J. 2015 Sep.
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a) video directly observed therapy (V-DOT) process and b) results of the survey on the patients using it DOT: directly observed therapy.

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