Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries

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Preventing the White Death : Tuberculosis Dispensaries. / Hansen, Casper Worm; Jensen, Peter S.; Madsen, Peter.

2017.

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Hansen, CW, Jensen, PS & Madsen, P 2017 'Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries'. <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3036887>

APA

Hansen, C. W., Jensen, P. S., & Madsen, P. (2017). Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries. University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online) Nr. 17-19 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3036887

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Hansen CW, Jensen PS, Madsen P. Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries. 2017 sep. 18.

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Hansen, Casper Worm ; Jensen, Peter S. ; Madsen, Peter. / Preventing the White Death : Tuberculosis Dispensaries. 2017. (University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online); Nr. 17-19).

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