National framework on TB-Tobacco collaborative activities: most cost-effective way to manage TB-Tobacco comorbidity and extend tobacco cessation servcies

Background and challenges to implementation India, globally, has two disreputable distinctions of having the highest TB burden in the world with 2.8M incidence / year (Global Tuberculosis Report 2016) and also housing 2nd largest tobacco consumer with 267 million tobacco users. Several studies h...

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Main Authors: Ashish Kumar Pandey, Rana J Singh, L. Swasticharan
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/National-framework-on-TB-Tobacco-collaborative-activities-most-cost-effective-way,84476,0,2.html