Main Title |
Passive Smoking and Height Growth of Preadolescent Children. |
Author |
Berkey, C. S. ;
Ware, J. H. ;
Speizer, F. E. ;
Ferris, B. G. ;
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CORP Author |
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Year Published |
1984 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-84/380; |
Stock Number |
PB86-216207 |
Additional Subjects |
Toxicology ;
Children ;
Smoking ;
Growth ;
Height ;
Reprints ;
Cigarette smoking
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB86-216207 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
7p |
Abstract |
The attained height and height growth of 9273 children participating in a longitudinal study of the health effects of air pollutants were analyzed to assess the association between passive exposure to cigarette smoke and physical growth between 6 and 11 years of age. Children were measured annually for 2 to 6 years. Each height measurement was adjusted for sex and age by the NCHS anthropometric standards. Each child's adjusted heights were then re-expressed as level of attained height and growth rate. Attained height exhibited a dose response relationship with amount of current maternal cigarette smoking (p<0.001). Children whose mothers smoked ten or more cigarettes daily were approximately 0.65 cm shorter than children of non-smokers, while children whose mothers smoked between 1 and 9 cigarettes per day were 0.45 cm shorter. However, passive smoking was not correlated with the child's grown rate. |