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Smokeless tobacco use among patients with tuberculosis in Karnataka: The need for cessation services [1]

India is home of the largest population of patients with tuberculosis and tobacco users in the world. Smokeless tobacco use exceeds smoking and is increasing. There is no study to dater that reports smokeless tobacco use before and after the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. The researchers assessed smokeless tobacco use among former patients of tuberculosis in Karnataka, India.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
K. G. Deepak [2], M. Daivadanam [3], A. S. Pradeep Kumar & et al [4]
National Medical Journal of India [5]
25
3
142-145
Tags:
Tobacco [6], Tuberculosis [7], Karnataka [8], Health Effects [9]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuberculosis
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects