Finding F-1330

“Although the study subjects were all non-smokers, 25% reported exposure to passive smoking from male smokers within their household.”

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural women of Tamilnadu: implications for reﬁning disease burden assessments (2011). Global health action. Page 4. CKB 6730

Structure

Factor: Tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke)
Population: rural women, all non-smokers
Setting: home, IN
Study design: cross-sectional study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among rural women of Tamil Nadu, India: a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms, cooking practices and household exposures with spirometry, aimed at refining the disease burden attributed to household biomass combustion (class 4)
Effect: prevalence 25
Caveat: reported in a questionnaire, not measured

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