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Are they there yet? Linkage of patients with tuberculosis to services for tobacco cessation and alcohol abuse – a mixed methods study from Karnataka, India

BACKGROUND: Tobacco use and alcohol abuse are associated with higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, progression to active TB and adverse treatment outcomes among patients with TB. Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) treatment guidelines (2016) require the documentation of t...

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Autores principales: Navya, Nagendra, Jeyashree, Kathiresan, Madhukeshwar, Akshaya Kibballi, Anand, Tanu, Nirgude, Abhay Subashrao, Nayarmoole, Badarudeen Mohammad, Isaakidis, Petros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30709351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3913-8