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Are passive smoking, air pollution and obesity a greater mortality risk than major radiation incidents? [PDF]
Background Following a nuclear incident, the communication and perception of radiation risk becomes a (perhaps the) major public health issue. In response to such incidents it is therefore crucial to communicate radiation health risks in the context of ...
Smith, Jim +3 more
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In France, maternal smoking, active or passive, remains one of the highest in Europe. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of low birth weight (
Michel-Henri Delcroix +5 more
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Parental and household smoking and the increased risk of bronchitis, bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory infections in infancy: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: Passive smoke exposure increases the risk of lower respiratory infection (LRI) in infants, but the extensive literature on this association has not been systematically reviewed for nearly ten years.
Hashim, Ahmed +23 more
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Effect of Cigarette Smoking and Passive Smoking on Hearing Impairment: Data from a Population-Based Study. [PDF]
In the present study, we aimed to determine the effect of both active and passive smoking on the prevalence of the hearing impairment and the hearing thresholds in different age groups through the analysis of data collected from the Korea National Health
Jiwon Chang +5 more
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Effects of passive smoking on pulmonary functions of individuals in an urban area
Background: Passive smoking is a world health problem and part of the tobacco epidemic which victimizes mostly adolescents. Research articles have addressed the relation between passive smoking and respiratory efficiency in adult population and escalated
Gnanadesigan Ekambaram +2 more
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BackgroundPrevious studies have shown that active smoking during pregnancy can reduce the level of neonatal cord blood leptin, and thereby affect birth weight.
Huifang LI +6 more
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Atopic dermatitis is associated with active and passive cigarette smoking in adolescents. [PDF]
The relationship between passive smoking and atopic dermatitis has previously been reported, but few studies have simultaneously evaluated the association of atopic dermatitis with active and passive smoking.The relationships between atopic dermatitis ...
So Young Kim +2 more
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Background Smoking has been considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression and other diseases in previous reports, and active smoking is considered to be a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke.
Jiao Wang, Shuai Zhang
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Parental smoking and children's respiratory health: independent effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Adverse effects have been reported of prenatal and/or postnatal passive exposure to smoking on children's health. Uncertainties remain about the relative importance of smoking at different periods in the child's life. We investigate this in a
Hruba, F. +29 more
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Introduction: Previous analysis showed that passive smoking and overweight were associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a synergistic manner, while GDM increased the risk of macrosomia/large for gestational age (LGA ...
Dingyu Cui +11 more
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