Smartphones can improve adherence rates for TB treatment

Rob Cook1, Tara Lamont2, Rosie Martin1

  • 1Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit Healthcare, London, UK.

BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)
|August 31, 2019
PubMed

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