ReviewEuropean journal of pediatrics2009
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and respiratory health in children.
Review in European journal of pediatrics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Risk Factors of Child Lead Poisoning in China: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
- Short and long term health effects of parental tobacco smoking during pregnancy and lactation: a descriptive review.Journal of translational medicine · 2015Pooled it
- A motivational interviewing intervention to PREvent PAssive Smoke Exposure (PREPASE) in children with a high risk of asthma: design of a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2013Trial
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- Diagnostic approach to the etiology of recurrent pneumonia in children.Pediatric pulmonology · 2024Article
- Early-life exposure to cigarette smoke primes lung function and DNA methylation changes atAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2023Article
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- Secondhand Smoking and the Fetus: A Bibliometric Analysis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2023Article
- A retrospective analysis of oral and maxillofacial lesions in children and adolescents reported in two different services.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2021Article
- Changes in children's lung function over two decades in relation to socioeconomic, parental and household factors in Wuhan, China.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- The Triad Mother-Breast Milk-Infant as Predictor of Future Health: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Secondhand tobacco smoke, does it have an impact on the neurobehavioral performance of the exposed children?Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Exploring Volatile Organic Compound Exposure and Its Association with Wheezing in Children under 36 Months: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Lisbon, Portugal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Associations of household environmental tobacco smoke exposure with respiratory symptoms and utilisation of medical services in healthy young children in Hong Kong.Tobacco induced diseases · 2020Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major risk factor for poor lung health in children. Although parental smoking is the commonest source of ETS exposure to children, they are also exposed to ETS in schools, restaurants, public places and public transport vehicles. Apart from containing thousands of chemicals, the particle size in the ETS is much smaller than the main stream smoke, and therefore has a greater penetrability in the airways of children. Exposure to ETS has been shown to be associated with increased prevalence of upper respiratory tract infections, wheeze, asthma and lower respiratory tract infections. Even developing fetuses are exposed to ETS via the umbilical cord blood if the mother is exposed to tobacco smoke. The placenta also does not offer any barrier to the penetration of ETS into the fetus. The immune system in these babies is more deviated toward the allergic and asthmatic inflammatory phenotype and therefore makes them more prone to develop asthma later in life. An increased awareness of the harmful effects of ETS on children's health is warranted.
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