High Tobacco Use among Presumptive Tuberculosis Patients, South India: Time to Integrate Control of Two Epidemics

OBJECTIVES: Tobacco is an important risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) infection and TB disease. Identifying tobacco users and providing tobacco cessation services is expected to reduce the burden of TB. We assessed tobacco use among presumptive TB patients attending a tertiary hospital and their wil...

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Autores principales: Kanakia, Kunal Pradip, Majella, Marie Gilbert, Thekkur, Pruthu, Ramaswamy, Gomathi, Nair, Divya, Chinnakali, Palanivel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5014754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2016.06.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5014754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2016.06.001

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