Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Risk of Tuberculosis: Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Hsien Ho ^a   Chiang, Yi Ting ^a   Chuang, Jen Hsiang ^b   Yang, Shiang Lin ^b   Chang, Hsing Yi ^c   Ezzati, Majid ^d   Murray, Megan ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84886410461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077333     Document Type: Article

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