Pediatric tuberculosis in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro
Anna Cristina Calçada CarvalhoPedro da Silva MartinsClaudete Aparecida Araújo CardosoAna Lúcia MiceliTerezinha MartireMaria de Fátima Bazhuni Pombo Sant’AnnaChristiane Mello SchmidtLuiza Martins VieiraSelma Maria de Azevedo SiasAna Paula QuintanilhaAna Paula BarbosaAdriana da Silva Rezende MoreiraCarla Fernandes dos Santos LaraLorrayne Isidoro-GonçalvesRafaela Baroni AurílioSuzana Aparecida Greggi de AlcantaraAndré Luis BezerraLaura SaderiGiovanni SotgiuGiovanni Battista MiglioriAfrânio Lineu KritskiClemax Couto Sant’Anna
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