Tobacco and tuberculosis: could we improve tuberculosis outcomes by helping patients to stop smoking?
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چکیده
Affiliations: TB Competence Center, Swiss Lung Association, Berne, Switzerland. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Curry International Tuberculosis Center, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences – University of Sassari – Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 45 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015