Ambient air pollution and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study

Ting-Chun Lai; Chen-Yuan Chiang; Chang-Fu Wu; Shiang-Lin Yang; Ding-Ping Liu; Chang-Chuan Chan; Hsien-Ho Lin

doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-102995

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Ambient air pollution and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study

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Ting-Chun Lai Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Medical Research and Teaching, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chen-Yuan Chiang International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chang-Fu Wu Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shiang-Lin Yang Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ding-Ping Liu Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chang-Chuan Chan Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hsien-Ho Lin Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Hsien-Ho Lin, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, 17 Xu-Zhou Road, Rm706, Taipei 100, Taiwan; hsienho{at}ntu.edu.tw

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Lai T, Chiang C, Wu C, et al

Ambient air pollution and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016;73:56-61.

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Received April 1, 2015
Revised September 2, 2015
Accepted September 23, 2015
First published October 29, 2015.

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July 14, 2016

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