Clinical modalities and therapeutic outcomes; Observational cohort comparison between ever-smokers versus never-smokers of tuberculosis patients in Penang, Malaysia.

Year 2010, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 389 - 397, 01.12.2010

Syed Wasif Gillani Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman Juman Abdulelah Ali

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Clinical modalities and therapeutic outcomes; Observational cohort comparison between ever-smokers versus never-smokers of tuberculosis patients in Penang, Malaysia.

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