Monday 24 August 2009
A study in Taiwan has found that smokers are twice as likely to develop active tuberculosis compared to people who have never smoked, prompting calls for policymakers to be tougher on smoking.
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE57N1X220090824
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