A case-control study of tobacco smoking and tuberculosis in India

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-210

  Prasad, R ^a   Suryakant, ^a   Garg, R ^a   Singhal, S ^a   Dawar, R ^a   Agarwal, G ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; India; Smoking; Tobacco; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PACK YEAR; PARAMETER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPUTUM SMEAR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349923544     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.56007     Document Type: Article

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