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Research Article

Azithromycin treatment coverage in Tanzanian children using community volunteers

Matthew Lynch Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology
,
Sheilak West Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology
,
Beatriz Muñoz Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
Kevin D. Frick Kongwa Trachoma Project, Kongwa, Tanzania
&
Harran A. Mkocha Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology
Pages 167-175 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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