Characterization of Air Pollution Exposures as Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Infection

J Lucian Davis^{1

2

3}, William Checkley^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases.
² Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science.
³ Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section Yale University New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.
⁵ Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland.

Editorial

J Lucian Davis et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 15;204(10):1130-1131.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202107-1795ED.

J Lucian Davis^{1

2

3}, William Checkley^{4

5}

¹ Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases.
² Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science.
³ Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section Yale University New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.
⁵ Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland.

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Indoor Air Pollution and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis Infection in Urban Vietnamese Children.
Blount RJ, Phan H, Trinh T, Dang H, Merrifield C, Zavala M, Zabner J, Comellas AP, Stapleton EM, Segal MR, Balmes J, Nhung NV, Nahid P. Blount RJ, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Nov 15;204(10):1211-1221. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202101-0136OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 34343025 Free PMC article.

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