Wood Smoke Exposure and Risk for Obstructive Airways Disease Among Women

Prevalence trends of wood use as the main cooking fuel in Mexico, 1990-2013

“…Gathering wood for fuel is time intensive limiting other productive activities and preventing children attending school. 1 Globally, about 51 and 62%, for men and women respectively, of the total burden of COPD is not attributable to tobacco 7 and 50% of obstructive airway disease in women may be attributable to long-term wood smoke exposure 25 which has also been associated with a two-fold increase in lung cancer 26 and particularly in nonsmoking Mexican women. 27 Further research is needed to determine how the decrease of use of wood for cooking in Mexico has impacted the incidence of diseases associated with this indoor air pollutant.…”

A Cross-Sectional Study of Medication Adherence Pattern and Factors Affecting the Adherence in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

“…[17][18][19] The higher prevalence of female smokers in our study might be due to increasing number of female smokers and higher exposure to biomass fuels by female in our country. This implies that the extensive use of biomass fuels by female individuals increases the risk of exposure to indoor air pollution for long period of time.…”

Biomass smoke exposure as a serious health hazard for women

“…13 Being ≥ 18 years of age and to be hospitalized for a respiratory disease including asthma, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and interstitial lung disease were the inclusion criteria. Patients lacking a definite clinical diagnosis or cooperation to answer questionnaire were excluded from the study.…”

“…Spirometrical evaluation was done. Additionally, women exposed to biomass fumes were reported to be more likely to suffer from chronic bronchitis and COPD compared with urban women even though the prevalence of smoking was higher among the latter group (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15).…”