2012
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12013
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Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the associations between indoor air pollution and tuberculosis

Abstract: Abstractobjective Half the world's population uses biomass fuel for their daily needs but the resultant emissions and indoor air pollution (IAP) are harmful to health. So far, evidence for a link between IAP and tuberculosis (TB) was insufficient. We report an updated systematic review due to recent increase in the evidence and growing interest in testing interventions.methods Systematic search of PubMed (including Medline), CAB abstracts (through Ovid SP) and Web of Knowledge using the following search terms:… Show more

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“…Tuberculosis is classed as a disease of poverty today 22 and a poor diet can compromise immune system strength and make people more susceptible to contracting TB. Furthermore, a rise in poor air quality both indoors and outdoors occurred at this time, which can predispose the lungs to being more susceptible to attack by tuberculosis 23 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tuberculosis is classed as a disease of poverty today 22 and a poor diet can compromise immune system strength and make people more susceptible to contracting TB. Furthermore, a rise in poor air quality both indoors and outdoors occurred at this time, which can predispose the lungs to being more susceptible to attack by tuberculosis 23 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The findings associating hut lung disease with pulmonary tuberculosis have been varied with several authors reporting insufficient, and weak evidence associating the two [12][13][14], while Sumpter et al argues that the more recent body of evidence suggests otherwise [15]. Exposure to tobacco smoke, poverty and over-crowding are several plausible reasons associated with both biomass fuel use, and pulmonary tuberculosis with a reasonable inference that the most indigent population from developing nations who can only afford biomass fuel as a form of combustion is the very same cohort at the highest risk for tuberculosis for aforementioned reasons [12,13,15,16].…”
Section: Association With Pulmonary Tuberculosismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Exposure to tobacco smoke, poverty and over-crowding are several plausible reasons associated with both biomass fuel use, and pulmonary tuberculosis with a reasonable inference that the most indigent population from developing nations who can only afford biomass fuel as a form of combustion is the very same cohort at the highest risk for tuberculosis for aforementioned reasons [12,13,15,16]. Nevertheless, it was agreed that further studies are required to understand the association of HAP with pulmonary tuberculosis.…”
Section: Association With Pulmonary Tuberculosismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Medical literature links childhood tuberculosis to exposure to passive smoking and both indoor and outdoor air pollution (Sumpter and Chandramohan, 2013;Hwang, Kang, Lee, Lee, Kim, Han, and Yim, 2014). In particular, the burning of biomass fuels such as wood is an important concern.…”
Section: Sensitivity Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%