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Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2011; 6 (1): 47
em Inglês
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-110900
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Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2010; 5 (4): 247-248
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| IMEMR
| ID: emr-97810
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Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2009; 4 (4): 208-210
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| IMEMR
| ID: emr-99941
RESUMO
To evaluate the role of smoking as a risk factor for the development of pulmonary tuberculosis. A total of 111 sputum smear-positive patients of pulmonary tuberculosis and 333 controls matched for age and sex were interviewed according to a predesigned questionnaire. The adjusted odd ratio of the association between tobacco smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis was 3.8 [95% confidence interval, 2.0 to 7.0; P value, <.0001]. A positive relationship between pack years, body mass index and socioeconomic class was also observed. There is a positive association between tobacco smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis