Antenatal environmental exposure to indoor air pollution and environmental tobacco smoke: association with birth outcomes in an African birth cohort [PDF]
BMJ Open Respiratory ResearchObjectives To investigate the impact of IAP and ETS during pregnancy on birth outcomes including respiratory distress in an African birth cohort, the Drakenstein Child Health Study.Setting Prospective cohort study conducted in a periurban setting in sub ...
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Influence of Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Air Pollution on Fetal Growth: A Prospective Study [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Few studies have evaluated the influences of air quality, including environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and particulate matter (PM), on fetal development, which this study examined.
Meiman Maggie Chen +4 more
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Diseases, 2022 The study aimed to assess the association between environmental exposure and asthma among children between 3 and 12 years old in King Williams Town, South Africa.
Rasaq A. Yusuf +2 more
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Effect of environmental tobacco smoke on oral pigmentation: A systematic review [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2020 BACKGROUND AND AIM: Oral pigmentation is a condition in which the color of oral mucosa such as gingival mucosa changes. Some exogenous and endogenous factors may lead to oral pigmentation.
Parsa Firoozi +2 more
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Environmental risk factors related to the development of canine non-Hodgkin's lymphoma [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2013 This research aimed to investigate the possible risk factors associated with the development of canine non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Owners of 83 dogs with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and of 84 healthy dogs answered an epidemiological questionnaire.
Danielle Almeida Zanini +13 more
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Inhalation of hazardous air pollutants from environmental tobacco smoke in US residences [PDF]
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 2004 In the United States, 48 million adults smoke 3.5-5 x 10(11) cigarettes/year. Many cigarettes are smoked in private residences, causing regular environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure to roughly 31 million nonsmokers (11% of the US population), including 16 million juveniles.
Nazaroff, William W, Singer, B C
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A review of progress in research of relationship between air pollution and perinatal depression
环境与职业医学, 2022 In recent years, the increasing incidence of perinatal depression has become an important public health problem. In addition to the traditional social demographic factors, biological factors, obstetric factors, etc., the association between air pollution
Mengqing SHANG, Beibei ZHU, Fangbiao TAO
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Effect of air pollution and environmental tobacco smoke on serum hyaluronate concentrations in school children [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2002 Objectives: To evaluate serum hyaluronate concentrations relative to air pollution, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and respiratory health in Japanese school children.Methods: Respiratory symptoms and serum IgE concentrations were examined in 1037 school children living in four communities in Japan with differing levels of air pollution.
Y, Fuji +4 more
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Effects of ambient air pollution and environmental tobacco smoke on respiratory health of non-smoking women in Hong Kong [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiology, 1999 Two-thirds of complaints received by the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department in 1988 were related to poor air quality. In July 1990 legislation was implemented to reduce fuel sulphur levels. The intervention led to a reduction in respiratory symptoms and bronchial hyperresponsiveness of primary school children.
Hu, ZG +4 more
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