Association of household air pollution with cellular and humoral immune responses among women in rural Bangladesh

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 299; p. 118892
• Main Authors: Raqib, Rubhana, Akhtar, Evana, Sultana, Tajnin, Ahmed, Shyfuddin, Chowdhury, Muhammad Ashique Haider, Shahriar, Mohammad Hasan, Kader, Shirmin Bintay, Eunus, Mahbbul, Haq, Md. Ahsanul, Sarwar, Golam, Islam, Tariqul, Alam, Dewan Shamsul, Parvez, Faruque, Begum, Bilkis A., Ahsan, Habibul, Yunus, Mohammed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.04.2022
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollution; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Bangladesh; Biomass fuel; Black carbon; Carbon monoxide; Chemokines; Cooking; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Female; Humans; IgE; Immune cells; Immunity, Humoral; Particulate Matter - analysis; Particulate matter 2.5; Bangladesh; Particulate matter 2.5; IgE; Carbon monoxide; Immune cells; Black carbon; Biomass fuel; Chemokines

Household air pollution (HAP) arising from combustion of biomass fuel (BMF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income countries. Air pollution may stimulate pro-inflammatory responses by activating diverse immune cells and cyto/chemokine expression, thereby contributing to diseases...