PMID:
Sci Total Environ. 2018 Aug 1 ;631-632:47-55. Epub 2018 Mar 7. PMID: 29524902
Abstract Title:
Ambient air pollutants are associated with newly diagnosed tuberculosis: A time-series study in Chengdu, China.
Abstract:
Although a few studies have analyzed the associations between ambient air pollutants and the development of tuberculosis (TB), most have been conducted in the core countries with inconsistent results. In this study, we used a distributed lag non-linear model to investigate the associations between the newly diagnosed TB cases and daily exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of