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Pulmonary Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 828106, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/828106
Research Article

Cigarette-Smoking Intensity and Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Conversion among Persons Who Inject Drugs: A Cohort Study

Sanghyuk S. Shin,1,2 Manuel Gallardo,3 Remedios Lozada,3 Daniela Abramovitz,2 Jose Luis Burgos,2 Rafael Laniado-Laborin,4 Timothy C. Rodwell,2 Thomas E. Novotny,1 Steffanie A. Strathdee,2 and Richard S. Garfein2

1San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4162, USA
2Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC-0507, San Diego, CA 92093-0507, USA
3Patronato Pro-COMUSIDA, Ninos Heroes No. 697, Zona Centro, Tijuana, BC, Mexico
4Parque Industrial Internacional, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

Received 18 September 2012; Accepted 15 November 2012

Academic Editor: Jonathan Golub

Copyright © 2012 Sanghyuk S. Shin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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