Respiratory symptoms, lung function decrement and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in pre-menopausal Indian women exposed to biomass smoke
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...…Cross-sectional study Reported that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was diagnosed in 4.6 % of solid fuel users and 0.9 % of LPG users Mukherjee et al. (2014) Japan Cohort and case control studies A significantly increased risk of pre-term birth per 10 μg m−3 increase in PM2....
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...Among biomass users, the severity of the disease was mild (GOLD stage I) in 2.6% women, moderate (GOLD stage IIA) in 1.5% women and severe (GOLD stage IIB) in 0.4% women....
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...Confirmation of diagnosis and further classification of COPD (stage I, mild; IIA, moderate; IIB severe and stage III, very severe) were based on spirometric measurements following the criteria of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) (Pauwels et al., 2001)....
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...In a typical Indian household, the concentration of particulate pollutant during cooking with biomass reaches levels several times higher than the National Ambient Air Quality Standard recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency (Balakrishnan et al., 2002, 2011; Bruce et al., 2000)....
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...But the association of biomass smoke with asthma, a multifactorial disease having both environmental and genetic component, is not conclusive (Bruce et al., 2000)....
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