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Comparative study of clinico-bacterio-radiological profile and treatment outcome of smokers and nonsmokers suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis

INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide. Tobacco smoking has been linked as a risk factor for TB. This study was aimed to affirm the strength of association between smoking and pulmonary TB. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pulmonary TB patients aged between...

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Autores principales: Rathee, Deepti, Arora, Piyush, Meena, Manoj, Sarin, Rohit, Chakraborty, Pitambar, Jaiswal, Anand, Goyal, Mukesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625444
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.188970