Association between tobacco smoking and active tuberculosis in Taiwan: Prospective cohort study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-480

  Lin, Hsien Ho ^a,b   Ezzati, Majid ^a,c   Chang, Hsing Yi ^d   Murray, Megan ^a,e,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Mennonite Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Smoking; Taiwan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 69249104631     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200904-0549OC     Document Type: Article

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