Tobacco smoking: A major risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis - evidence from a cross-sectional study in central India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 474-481

  Rao, V G ^a   Bhat, J ^a   Yadav, R ^a   Muniyandi, M ^a   Bhondeley, M K ^a   Sharada, M A ^b   Chadha, V K ^b   Wares, D F ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; India; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84904405724     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru082     Document Type: Article

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