Tobacco and tuberculosis: a qualitative systematic review and meta-analysis

K Slama, CY Chiang, DA Enarson… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
OBJECTIVES: To assess the strength of evidence in published articles for an association
between smoking and passive exposure to tobacco smoke and various manifestations and …

[HTML][HTML] III Brazilian thoracic association guidelines on tuberculosis

MB Conde, FAF Melo, AMC Marques… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Diariamente novos artigos científicos sobre tuberculose (TB) são publicados em todo
mundo. No entanto, é difícil para o profissional sobrecarregado na rotina de trabalho …

A GIS-based artificial neural network model for spatial distribution of tuberculosis across the continental United States

A Mollalo, L Mao, P Rashidi, GE Glass - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite the usefulness of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in the study of various complex
problems, ANNs have not been applied for modeling the geographic distribution of …

[HTML][HTML] A spatial, social and environmental study of tuberculosis in China using statistical and GIS technology

W Sun, J Gong, J Zhou, Y Zhao, J Tan… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem in China, and its incidence shows
certain regional disparities. Systematic investigations of the social and environmental factors …

Factors associated with treatment failure, dropout, and death in a cohort of tuberculosis patients in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil

MFPM Albuquerque, RAA Ximenes… - Cadernos de Saúde …, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
A cohort of cases initiating tuberculosis treatment from May 2001 to July 2003 was followed
in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, to investigate biological, clinical, social, lifestyle, and …

[HTML][HTML] III Diretrizes para tuberculose da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia

MB Conde, FAF Melo, AMC Marques… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Diariamente novos artigos científicos sobre tuberculose (TB) são publicados em todo
mundo. No entanto, é difícil para o profissional sobrecarregado na rotina de trabalho …

Barriers and delays in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment services: does gender matter?

WT Yang, CR Gounder, T Akande… - Tuberculosis …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem with known gender‐
related disparities. We reviewed the quantitative evidence for gender‐related differences in …

Associations between tobacco and tuberculosis [Educational Series: tobacco and tuberculosis. Serialised guide. Tobacco cessation interventions for tuberculosis …

CY Chiang, K Slama… - The International Journal of …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The association between smoking and tuberculosis (TB) has been investigated since 1918.
Both passive and active exposure to tobacco smoke have been shown to be associated with …

High levels of vulnerability and anticipated stigma reduce the impetus for tuberculosis diagnosis in Cape Town, South Africa

EJ Murray, VA Bond, BJ Marais… - Health policy and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Prolonged diagnostic and treatment delays, particularly in settings experiencing concomitant
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics, undermine global TB …

Gender and socio-cultural determinants of delay to diagnosis of TB in Bangladesh, India and Malawi [Special section on gender and TB]

GD Gosoniu, S Ganapathy, J Kemp… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India and Malawi.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the interval from symptom onset to diagnosis of TB for men and …