ReviewChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.)2014
Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Biomass Smoke-Associated COPD and Chronic Bronchitis, 2004-2014.
Review in Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03984188 (Effectiveness of Low-Dose Theophylline for the Management of Biomass-Associated COPD), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Low-Dose Theophylline for the Management of Biomass-Associated COPD
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prognostic models for outcome prediction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and critical appraisal.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Pooled it
- Bronchodilators for hyperinflation in COPD associated with biomass smoke: clinical trial.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2019Trial
- A Brief History of COPD: As Told by Some of Its Senior Scientists and Clinicians.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Sociodemographic Determinants of Hospitalized Exacerbations in Exposure-Defined COPD Phenotypes: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study in China.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
- CT findings in biomass smoke-associated interstitial lung disease: A retrospective analysis.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2026Article
- EWAS in COPD by biomass-burning smoke exposure identifies low levels of endothelin-1 by hypermethylation of EDN1.Epigenomics · 2025Article
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- Diagnostic Challenges and Pathogenetic Differences in Biomass-Smoke-Induced versus Tobacco-Smoke-Induced COPD: A Comparative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to wood smoke and impact of the combined exposure to tobacco.IJTLD open · 2024Article
- Sputum Biomarkers in Wood and Tobacco Smoke Etiotypes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024Article
- Characterization of the lung microbiome and inflammatory cytokine levels in women exposed to environmental risk factors: A pilot study.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2023Article
- Role of mucociliary clearance system in respiratory diseases.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2023Article
- Recognising the importance of chronic lung disease: a consensus statement from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (Lung Diseases group).Respiratory research · 2023Article
- COPD Risk Factor Profiles in General Population and Referred Patients: Potential Etiotypes.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Observational
- Comparing the Performance of Two Screening Questionnaires for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Chinese General Population.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Article
- Towards the elimination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Lancet Commission.Lancet (London, England) · 2022Review
- Household air pollution and COPD: cause and effect or confounding by other aspects of poverty?The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022Review
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- The "Slow Horse Racing Effect" on Lung Function in Adult Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Associated to Biomass Exposure.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with biomass smoke inhalation tend to be women born in rural areas with lifelong exposure to open fires while cooking, but can also include persons with prenatal and childhood exposure. Compared with individuals with COPD due to tobacco smoking, individuals exposed to biomass smoke uncommonly have severe airflow obstruction, low diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) or emphysema in high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) but cough, phlegm and airway thickening and air trapping are very common. Autopsies of patients with COPD from biomass smoke exposure show increased pulmonary artery small vessel intimal thickening which may explain pulmonary hypertension, in addition to emphysema and airway disease. Research on similarities and differences in lung damage produced by exposure to biomass fuel smoke while cooking vs. smoking tobacco may provide new insights on COPD. As a public health problem, COPD caused by inhalation of smoke from burning solid fuel is as relevant as COPD caused by smoking tobacco but mainly affects women and children from disadvantaged areas and countries and requires an organized effort for its control. Improved vented biomass stoves are currently the most feasible intervention, but even more efficient stoves are necessary to reduce the biomass smoke exposure and reduce incidence of COPD among this population.
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