Association between smoking and tuberculosis infection: A population survey in a high tuberculosis incidence area

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 555-557

  Den Boon, S ^a,b   Van Lill, S W P ^a   Borgdorff, M W ^b,c   Verver, S ^c   Bateman, E D ^d   Lombard, C J ^e   Enarson, D A ^f   Beyers, N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22044453270     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.030924     Document Type: Review

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