Fluorescent light-emitting diode (LED) microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis: policy statement

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World Health Organization. (2011). Fluorescent light-emitting diode (LED) microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis: policy statement. Geneva : World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44602
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WHO/HTM/TB/2011.816 p.
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