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Tobacco Smoke, Indoor Air Pollution and Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [1]

Tobacco smoking, passive smoking, and indoor air pollution from biomass fuels have been implicated as risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) infection, disease, and death. Tobacco smoking and indoor air pollution are persistent or growing exposures in regions where TB poses a major health risk. The researchers undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantitatively assess the association between these exposures and the risk of infection, disease, and death from TB.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Hsien-Ho Lin [2], Majid Ezzati [3], Megan Murray [4]
PLoS Medicine [5]
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Tags:
Indoor Air Pollution [6], Tobacco [7], Health Effects [8], Smoking [9], Tuberculosis [10], Biomass Gasification [11]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/hsien-ho-lin
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/majid-ezzati
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/megan-murray
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indoor-air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuberculosis
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass-gasification