Smoking among tuberculosis patients in Kerala, India: Proactive cessation efforts are urgently needed

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1139-1145

  Pradeepkumar, A S ^a   Thankappan, K R ^a   Nichter, M ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cessation; Kerala; Patients; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549125291     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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