Smoking prolongs the infectivity of patients with tuberculosis

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Siddiqui, U A ^a   O'Toole, M ^a   Kabir, Z ^b   Qureshi, S ^c   Gibbons, N ^d   Keane, J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society   (Ireland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78449247630     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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