Indoor pollution as an occupational risk factor for tuberculosis among women: A population-based, gender oriented, case-control study in Southern Mexico

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 392-398

  García Sancho, Ma Cecilia ^a   García García, Ma De Lourdes ^b   Báez Saldaña, Renata ^b   Ponce de León, Alfredo ^c   Sifuentes Osornio, José ^c   Bobadilla del Valle, Miriam ^c   Ferreyra Reyes, Leticia ^b   Cano Arellano, Bulmaro ^b   Canizales Quintero, Sergio ^b   Palacios Merino, Luz Del Carmen ^b   Juárez Sandino, Luis ^b   Ferreira Guerrero, Elizabeth ^b   Cruz Hervert, Luis Pablo ^b   Small, Peter M ^d   Pérez Padilla, José Rogelio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán   (Mexico)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Indoor pollution; Tuberculosis; Woodsmoke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; SPUTUM; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOFUELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77249146964     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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