Domestic smoke pollution and chronic bronchitis in a rural community of the Hill Region of Nepal.

Pandey, Madhav

doi:10.1136/thx.39.5.337

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“…Atualmente, na falta de uma campanha eficaz de controle da LTA, tem restado à população exposta apelar para meios tão rudimentares quanto primitivos, como a fumegação, na tentativa de defender-se da ação dos artrópodos. A exposição prolongada à poluição do ambiente doméstico provocada pela fumegação tem sido associada significativamente ao desenvolvimento de doenças pulmonares crônicas, como a bronquite crôni-ca (Pandey, 1984). Por outro lado, tem sido demonstrado, em Corte de Pedra, que a afugentação dos mosquitos provocada pela fumaça não constitui um fator de proteção importante contra a LTA (Vela, 1996).…”

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Fatores sócio-econômicos e atitudes em relação à prevenção domiciliar da leishmaniose tegumentar americana, em uma área endêmica do sul da Bahia, Brasil

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Fatores sócio-econômicos e atitudes em relação à prevenção domiciliar da leishmaniose tegumentar americana, em uma área endêmica do sul da Bahia, Brasil

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“…The few studies that address the topic have yielded mixed findings, but some of these studies were underpowered or did not adjust for any confounding factors (Bruce et al, 2000). There is an increasing number of studies pointing at effects of smoke on other lung diseases, mainly acute respiratory infections (ARI) (Ezzati and Kammen, 2001;Smith, 2000) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Albalak et al, 1999;Pandey, 1984). Unfortunately, due to a lack of resources most of the existing studies on the health effects of biomass smoke are small observational studies, sometimes with methodological difficulties (Bruce et al, 2000).…”

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Childhood asthma and indoor woodsmoke from cooking in Guatemala

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Smith

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J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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We estimated the prevalence and severity of asthma, and the association with cooking on open wood fires, as preparation for a large-scale randomized field trial on effects of indoor air pollution and child health. This is one of the first systematic studies of asthma and indoor wood-smoke pollution and to our knowledge the first asthma study in a purely indigeneous population in Latin America. The mothers of 1058 children aged 4-6 years were interviewed, using the standardized ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) procedures and questionnaire. The study population is a Mam-speaking (Maya), indigenous group living at relatively high altitude (2000 m) in Western Guatemalan Highlands. We found that asthma prevalence is low among indigenous children in Gautemala, compared to other populations in Latin America. Only 3.3% of the children reported wheezing symptoms in the last 12 months, and 72% wheezing symptoms ever. The majority of the current wheezers had at least one of the criteria for severe asthma. The prevalence of all the symptoms of asthma was higher in children from households that used open fires compared to improved stoves with chimneys. In a logistic regression model, use of open fire for cooking was a significant risk factor for a number of asthma symptoms, with odds ratios varying from 2.0 to 3.5. Among the different cooking technologies (1Fimproved stove with chimney, 2Fmixture of gas and open fire, 3Fopen fire) trends of higher prevalence with more pollution was found for some of the symptoms. Hence use of open fire for cooking, may be an important risk factor for asthma symptoms and severity.

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“…Although different aspects of indoor air pollution such as chronic biomass or wood smoke may be relevant to the development of obstructive lung disease [25][26][27][28], globally, cigarette smoking is the most important environmental risk that contributes to COPD [3]. Factors that appear to be important host characteristics with regard to susceptibility to smoking-related COPD include genetic predisposition, female sex, the presence of underlying asthma or airways responsiveness and, possibly, the presence of underlying allergy [29,30].…”

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COPD: problems in diagnosis and measurement

Weiss

DeMeo²,

Postma

2003

Eur Respir J

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most rapidly rising cause of death in individualsw65 yrs of age, the most rapidly growing segment of the USA population.Advancing the clinical research agenda for COPD entails careful consideration of several issues and problems: defining COPD, reliance on physiological testing, outcome measurements and comorbidities.In addition, issues pertaining to the recent dramatic increase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality in females, smoking susceptibility and the relationship of respiratory symptoms with hyperresponsiveness, as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease heterogeneity, are discussed.

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Domestic smoke pollution and chronic bronchitis in a rural community of the Hill Region of Nepal.

Cited by 189 publications

References 7 publications

Fatores sócio-econômicos e atitudes em relação à prevenção domiciliar da leishmaniose tegumentar americana, em uma área endêmica do sul da Bahia, Brasil

Fatores sócio-econômicos e atitudes em relação à prevenção domiciliar da leishmaniose tegumentar americana, em uma área endêmica do sul da Bahia, Brasil

Childhood asthma and indoor woodsmoke from cooking in Guatemala

COPD: problems in diagnosis and measurement

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