Effects of passive smoking on health of children
Journal Article
·
· Environ. Health Perspect.; (United States)
Analysis of data on the effects of passive smoking obtained in preadolescent children from the Harvard Six-Cities Study demonstrates an exposure-response relationship between the number of smokers in the household and the reporting rates for doctor-diagnosed respiratory illness before age 2, history of bronchitis, wheeze most days and nights apart from colds, and a composite of symptoms defined as the lower respiratory index. Similarly, when only the amount currently smoked by the mother was used, the data indicated a relatively uniform increase in each of the reported diseases and symptoms. FEV/sub 1/ was lower in children with smoking mothers compared to children of nonsmoking mothers. Rate of increases in FEV/sub 1/ after adjusting for normal growth was significantly smaller in children of smoking mothers and was related also to amount smoked. Although children of smoking mothers were shorter on the average than children of nonsmoking mothers, no on-going passive smoking effect on height growth can be ascertained. All these differences are small and their medical significance remains to be defined.
- Research Organization:
- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- OSTI ID:
- 5315900
- Journal Information:
- Environ. Health Perspect.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Health Perspect.; (United States) Vol. 62; ISSN EVHPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AEROSOLS
AGE GROUPS
CHILDREN
COLLOIDS
DISEASE INCIDENCE
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
GROWTH
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
RESIDUES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
SMOKES
SOLS
TOBACCO SMOKES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AEROSOLS
AGE GROUPS
CHILDREN
COLLOIDS
DISEASE INCIDENCE
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
GROWTH
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
RESIDUES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
SMOKES
SOLS
TOBACCO SMOKES