Main Title |
Effects of Passive Smoking on Health of Children. |
Author |
Ferris, B. G. ;
Ware, J. H. ;
Berkey, C. S. ;
Dockery, D. W. ;
Spiro, A. ;
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CORP Author |
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Year Published |
1985 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-85/433; |
Stock Number |
PB86-216181 |
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 |
PB86-216181 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
9p |
Abstract |
Analysis of data on the effects of passive smoking obtained in preadolescent children from the Harvard Six-Cities Study demonstrates an exposure-response relationship between the number of smokers in the household and the reporting rates for doctor-diagnosed respiratory illness before age 2, history of bronchitis, wheeze most days and nights apart from colds, and a composite of symptoms defined as the lower respiratory index. Similarly, when only the amount currently smoked by the mother was used, the data indicated a relatively uniform increase in each of the reported diseases and symptoms. FEV1 was lower in children with smoking mothers compared to children of nonsmoking mothers. Rate of increases in FEV1 after adjusting for normal growth was significantly smaller in children of smoking mothers and was related also to amount smoked. Notably the effect on level of FVC was not seen and the finding, consistent in several studies, remains unexplained. Although children of smoking mothers were shorter on the average than children of nonsmoking mothers, no on-going passive smoking effect on height growth can be ascertained. All these differences are small and their medical significance remains to be defined. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Environmental Health Perspectives, v62 n1 p289-295 Oct 85. Sponsored by Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Effects of Passive Smoking on Health of Children. |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1985 |
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 |
624113813 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |