Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries

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Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries. / Egedesø, Peter Juul ; Hansen, Casper Worm; Jensen, Peter Sandholt.

I: The Economic Journal, Bind 130, Nr. 629, 2020, s. 1288–1316.

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Egedesø, PJ, Hansen, CW & Jensen, PS 2020, 'Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries', The Economic Journal, bind 130, nr. 629, s. 1288–1316. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa014

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Egedesø, P. J., Hansen, C. W., & Jensen, P. S. (2020). Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries. The Economic Journal, 130(629), 1288–1316. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa014

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Egedesø PJ, Hansen CW, Jensen PS. Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries. The Economic Journal. 2020;130(629):1288–1316. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa014

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Egedesø, Peter Juul ; Hansen, Casper Worm ; Jensen, Peter Sandholt. / Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries. I: The Economic Journal. 2020 ; Bind 130, Nr. 629. s. 1288–1316.

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