Associations of ambient air pollutants with regional pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in the central Chinese province of Hubei: a Bayesian spatial-temporal analysis

Abstract Background Air pollution and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are still serious worldwide problems, especially in areas of developing countries. Whether there is an association between high ambient air pollutant concentrations and PTB has not been fully explored. Methods Bayesian spatial-tempor...

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Main Authors: Fuqiang Liu, Zhixia Zhang, Hongying Chen, Shaofa Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Environmental Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-020-00604-y