Association between smoking, tuberculosis and diabetes-TB: an analysis on Indian TB patients

Background India is currently carrying the double burden of Communicable diseases like Tuberculosis (TB) and Non communicable diseases (NCDs) like Diabetes Mellitus. Tobacco is one of the established risk factors for NCDs and India has around 28.6% of current tobacco users (GATS-2016-17). Evidence s...

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Main Authors: Ashok Bhardwaj, Mitasha Singh, Dinesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Association-between-smoking-tuberculosis-and-diabetes-TB-an-analysis-on-Indian-TB,84191,0,2.html