Wan-Mei Song, Yi Liu, Dan Men, Shi-Jin Li, Ning-Ning Tao, Qian-Yun Zhang, Si-Qi Liu, Qi-Qi An, Xue-Han Zhu, Qi-Lin Han, Yu-Zhen Zhang, Ying-Ying Li, Chun-Xiao Li, Yao Liu, Chun-Bao Yu, Yi-Fan Li, Huai-Chen Li
Growing evidence has found the health protective effects of greenness exposure on tuberculosis (TB) and the impact of ambient air pollutants on TB drug-resistance. However, it remains unclear whether residential greenness is also beneficial to reduce TB drug-resistance, and whether air pollution modify the greenness-TB resistance relationship. We enrolled 5006 newly-diagnosed TB patients from Shandong, China, during 2014 to 2021. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in 250 m and 500 m buffer around individuals' residential zone was used to assess greenness exposure...
March 20, 2024: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International