Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California

Conclusions: Residential proximity to road traffic volumes and traffic density were associated with increased all-cause mortality in patients undergoing treatment for active tuberculosis even after adjusting for multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical factors, suggesting that TB patients are susceptible to the adverse health effects of traffic-related air pollution. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1699 Received: 31 January 2017 Revised: 18 August 2017 Accepted: 23 August 2017 Published: 29 September 2017 Address correspondence to R.J. Blount, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Mission Hall 5th Floor, Box 0632, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-0632 USA; Telephone: (415) 476-3337; Fax: 415.695.1551; Email: robert.blount@ucsf.edu Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1699). *These authors contributed equally to this work. The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests. Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due to the complexity of the information being presented. If you need assistance accessing journal content, please contact ehponline@niehs.nih.gov. Our staff will work with you to assess and meet your accessibility needs ...
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