Prevalence of tobacco smoking in adults with tuberculosis in South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1354-1357

  Lam, C ^a   Martinson, N ^b   Hepp, L ^a   Ambrose, B ^a   Msandiwa, R ^b   Wong, M L ^c   Apelberg, B ^a   Tamplin, S ^a   Golub, Jonathan E ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Tobacco; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84884623533     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0016     Document Type: Article

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