Air Pollution and Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Nested Case–Control Study among Members of a Northern California Health Plan

Ecologic analyses, case-case comparisons, and animal experiments suggest positive associations between air pollution and tuberculosis.We evaluated this hypothesis in a large sample, which yielded results that are applicable to the general population.We conducted a case-control study nested within a cohort of Kaiser Permanente of Northern California members. All active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases newly diagnosed between 1996 and 2010 (n =...