Table 1 Ovid Medline and Embase Search Strategy for study on the association between ambient air pollution and pulmonary tuberculosis

1

Air pollution (MeSH terms) OR air pollution OR ambient air pollution OR outdoor air pollution OR air pollutants OR environmental pollutants Carbon monoxide OR CO OR Nitrogen dioxide OR NO₂ OR Sulphur dioxide OR SO₂ OR Ozone OR O₃ OR Particulate matter OR PM₁₀

2

Tuberculosis (MeSH) OR tuberculosis OR pulmonary tuberculosis OR TB OR mycobacterial infection OR mycobacterium OR drug-resistant tuberculosis OR multidrug-resistant tuberculosis OR MDR-TB OR XDR-TB

3

Incidence (MeSH) OR hospital admission (MeSH) OR hospitalisation (MeSH) OR mortality (MeSH) OR incidence OR admission OR mortality OR death

4

#1 AND #2 AND #3