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Characteristics of Children with Secondhand Smoking [PDF]

open access: yesJurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia, 2017
Background: Passive smoking has been known to be associated with the risks of several diseases. Children are a group vulnerable to becoming passive smokers through adjacent adult smokers. Objective: To describe the characteristics of children with secondhand smoking. Methods: This research is a descriptive study involving 39 subjects of grade 4, 5, and
Jatmika, Septian Emma Dwi   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prenatal Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Correlation Between Nicotine in Umbilical Cord Blood and Neonatal Anthropometry [PDF]

open access: yesOsong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2019
Objectives Nicotine narrows uterine blood vessels reducing the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the developing fetus. This study examined the effects of fetal exposure to secondhand smoke on neonatal anthropometry.
Mery Ramadani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes among innocent never smoked adult nigerians in a resource-poor environment of a primary care clinic in Southeastern Nigeria

open access: yesArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017
Background: Exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes is a public health hazard that is increasing globally and emerging in resource-poor nations where the health effects of secondhand smoke are less publicized in biomedical literatures, electronic ...
Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure to secondhand smoke and risk of tuberculosis: prospective cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Prospective evidence on the association between secondhand-smoke exposure and tuberculosis is limited. METHODS: We included 23,827 never smokers from two rounds (2001 and 2005) of Taiwan National Health Interview Survey.
Hsien-Ho Lin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legislative Smoking Bans for Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Smoking Prevalence: Opportunities for Georgians

open access: yesJournal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2015
Background: Secondhand smoke, which is also referred to as environmental tobacco smoke and passive smoke, is a known human carcinogen. Secondhand smoke also causes disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and children.
Steven Coughlin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Nonsmoking Adults: United States, 2015-2018.

open access: yesNCHS data brief, 2021
Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure results when smoke from burning tobacco products is inhaled by nonsmokers (1,2). Acute respiratory effects, coronary heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and premature death are associated with SHS exposure (2,3).
D. Brody, Erik Faust, J. Tsai
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gender differences in first and secondhand smoke exposure, spirometric lung function and cardiometabolic health in the old order Amish: A novel population without female smoking. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Due to their relatively homogeneous lifestyle and living environment, the Amish offer a novel opportunity to study the health associations of tobacco smoke exposure, particularly secondhand smoke.
Robert M Reed   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urinary biomarkers for secondhand smoke and heated tobacco products exposure

open access: yesJournal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition, 2021
Concerns have recently grown about the health effects of secondhand smoke exposure and heated tobacco products. The analysis of tobacco smoke biomarkers is critical to assess the health effects of tobacco smoke exposure.
Y. Kawasaki   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exposing children to secondhand smoke [PDF]

open access: yesThorax, 2012
In the October issue of Thorax , Leonardi-Bee et al reviewed the effects of parental smoking on the uptake of smoking by children.1 They conclude that exposure to smoking within the family is a significant determinant of subsequent smoking. One area that this study did not address was the effect of the site of the smoking on exposure. We have studied
Jenny, Pool   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Secondhand smoking exposure and quality of life among pregnant and postnatal women: a network approach

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective This study examined the prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoke, its correlates and its association with quality of life (QOL) among pregnant and postnatal Chinese women.Design This was a multicentre, cross-sectional study.Setting ...
Meng Zhang   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

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