Exposure to indoor biomass fuel and tobacco smoke and risk of adverse reproductive outcomes, mortality, respiratory morbidity and growth among newborn infants in south India

Tielsch, James M.; Katz, Joanne; Ravilla, Thulasiraj; Coles, Christian; Sheeladevi, S.; Yanik, Elizabeth L.; Rahmathullah, Lakshmi

doi:10.1093/ije/dyp286

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“…This is of great health significance. For example, indoor use biomass fuel is associated with tuberculosis (Pokhrel et al, 2010) risk of low birth weight and stillbirth (Pope et al, 2010), adverse reproductive outcomes, mortality and respiratory morbidity (Tielsch et al, 2009). …”

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High levels of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes in urine of children and adults from Afghanistan

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Wittsiepe

Wilhelm

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J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Among a health cooperation project, we had the opportunity to study the internal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure of residents from urban and rural areas in Afghanistan. Urine samples from 13 children (age 2.0-9 years) and 42 adults (age 20-65 years) were collected. A total of 25 participants were from Kabul, and 30 participants lived in a rural area. The determination of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes was carried out by high performance liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection. Median (range) were as follows (n ¼ 55): 1-hydroxypyrene 1646 ng/l (71-16,288 ng/l) and sum of 1-, 2-and 9-, 3-, 4-OH-phenanthrenes 3602 ng/l (116-19,670 ng/l). These results indicate a high PAH exposure, compared with the general population in more developed countries. The levels of 1-hydroxypyrene in urine of women (all non-smokers) from the rural area were higher than those from Kabul (N, median, range): rural 15, 2095, 334-11,357 ng/l; Kabul 11, 748,137-5332 ng/l. All households from the rural area used open fires for cooking and energy. We conclude that populations in low-developed countries may be at special risk to increased PAH exposure due to inadequate control of air pollution from car emissions and due to burning of biomass fuels for cooking and household energy.

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High levels of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes in urine of children and adults from Afghanistan

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Wilhelm

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“…[5,10,11] Because of falling fertility rates in industrialized societies, [12][13][14] there is a growing awareness that parental exposures to occupational hazards affect fetal development. [15][16][17][18] Due to these circumstances, modern workplace shift work exposure surveys focusing simultaneously on childbearing and birth weight are urgently needed.…”

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Effect of rotating shift work on childbearing and birth weight: a study of women working in a semiconductor manufacturing factory

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“…These effects are caused by impairment of lung function due to physicochemical properties of the inhaled particles (Schwarze et al 2006). Population based studies have shown an increased risk of low birth weight associated with households that use biomass fuel (Boy et al 2002;Siddiqui et al 2008;Tielsch et al 2009;Thompson et al 2011). In these studies exposure to biomass fuel smoke is chronic (on a daily basis) while forest fires are seasonal.…”

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Amazon Forest Fires Between 2001 and 2006 and Birth Weight in Porto Velho

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Dórea

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Birth weight data (22,012 live-births) from a public hospital in Porto Velho (Amazon) was used in multiple statistical models to assess the effects of forest-fire smoke on human reproductive outcome. Mean birth weights for girls (3,139 g) and boys (3,393 g) were considered statistically different (p-value < 2.2e-16). Among all models analyzed, the means were considered statistically different only when treated as a function of month and year (p-value = 0.0989, girls and 0.0079, boys) . The R (2) statistics indicate that the regression models considered are able to explain 65 % (girls) and 54 % (boys) of the variation of the mean birth weight.

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Exposure to indoor biomass fuel and tobacco smoke and risk of adverse reproductive outcomes, mortality, respiratory morbidity and growth among newborn infants in south India

Abstract: Open burning of biomass fuel in the home is associated with significant health risks to the newborn child and young infant. Community-based trials are needed to clarify causal connections and identify effective approaches to reduce this burden of illnesses.

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High levels of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes in urine of children and adults from Afghanistan

High levels of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes in urine of children and adults from Afghanistan

Effect of rotating shift work on childbearing and birth weight: a study of women working in a semiconductor manufacturing factory

Amazon Forest Fires Between 2001 and 2006 and Birth Weight in Porto Velho

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