| 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 |
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| 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. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in International Jnl. of Epidemiology, n4 p454-458 Oct 84. Sponsored by Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Passive Smoking and Height Growth of Preadolescent Children. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1984 |
| Category Codes |
6T; 6E; 57Y; 57E |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/11 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
624113831 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
