Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in 13 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings.
Trishul SiddharthanMatthew R GrigsbyDina GoodmanMuhammad ChowdhuryAdolfo RubinsteinVilma IrazolaLaura GutierrezJ Jaime MirandaAntonio Bernabe-OrtizDewan AlamBruce KirengaRupert JonesFrederick van GemertRobert A WiseWilliam CheckleyPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2019)
Household air pollution exposure was associated with a higher prevalence of COPD, particularly among women, and it is likely a leading population-attributable risk factor for COPD in resource-poor settings.