ArticleBMC public health2019
Contribution of thirdhand smoke to overall tobacco smoke exposure in pediatric patients: study protocol.
Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02531594 (An Intervention to Reduce Second Hand Smoke Exposure Among Pediatric Emergency Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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An Intervention to Reduce Second Hand Smoke Exposure Among Pediatric Emergency Patients
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Barriers to implementation of pediatric emergency department interventions for parental tobacco use and dependence: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework.Implementation science communications · 2022Article
- The association between neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems and tobacco smoke exposure among 3-17 years old children.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Smoke-Free Home Rules and Association with Child Secondhand Smoke Exposure among Mother-Child Dyad Relationships.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Mechanism underlying increased cardiac extracellular matrix deposition in perinatal nicotine-exposed offspring.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2020Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study on Benzene Exposure in Pediatric Age and Parental Smoking Habits at Home.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThirdhand smoke (THS) is the persistent residue resulting from secondhand smoke (SHS) that accumulates in dust, objects, and on surfaces in homes where tobacco has been used, and is reemitted into air. Very little is known about the extent to which THS contributes to children's overall tobacco smoke exposure (OTS) levels, defined as their combined THS and SHS exposure. Even less is known about the effect of OTS and THS on children's health. This project will examine how different home smoking behaviors contribute to THS and OTS and if levels of THS are associated with respiratory illnesses in nonsmoking children.
methodsThis project leverages the experimental design from an ongoing pediatric emergency department-based tobacco cessation trial of caregivers who smoke and their children (NIHR01HD083354). At baseline and follow-up, we will collect urine and handwipe samples from children and samples of dust and air from the homes of smokers who smoke indoors, have smoking bans or who have quit smoking. These samples will be analyzed to examine to what extent THS pollution at home contributes to OTS exposure over and above SHS and to what extent THS continues to persist and contribute to OTS in homes of smokers who have quit or have smoking bans. Targeted and nontargeted chemical analyses of home dust samples will explore which types of THS pollutants are present in homes. Electronic medical record review will examine if THS and OTS levels are associated with child respiratory illness. Additionally, a repository of child and environmental samples will be created. DISCUSSION: The results of this study will be crucial to help close gaps in our understanding of the types, quantity, and clinical effects of OTS, THS exposure, and THS pollutants in a unique sample of tobacco smoke-exposed ill children and their homes. The potential impact of these findings is substantial, as currently the level of risk in OTS attributable to THS is unknown. This research has the potential to change how we protect children from OTS, by recognizing that SHS and THS exposure needs to be addressed separately and jointly as sources of pollution and exposure.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02531594 . Date of registration: August 24, 2015.
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