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Prevalence of Smoking and Its Impact on Treatment Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: A Hospital-Based Prospective Study

There is growing evidence that tobacco smoking is an important risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). India, with a population of 1.26 billion, has the highest number of both TB patients and smokers. The convergence of these two important health hazards is likely severely affecting India's TB contr...

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Autores principales: Mahishale, Vinay, Patil, Bhagyashri, Lolly, Mitchelle, Eti, Ajith, Khan, Sujeer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chonnam National University Medical School 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4543154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306303
http://dx.doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2015.51.2.86