Coal home heating and environmental tobacco smoke in relation to lower respiratory illness in Czech children, from birth to 3 years of age.(Children's Health)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Baker, Rebecca J.; Dejmek, Jan; Dostal, Miroslav; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva; Keller, Jean A.; Kotesovec, Frantisek; Loomis, Dana; Nozicka, Jiri; Sram, Radim J. | Copyright information

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate how indoor pollution from tobacco and home heating may adversely affect respiratory health in young children.

DESIGN: A birth cohort was followed longitudinally for 3 years to determine incidence of lower respiratory illness (LRI).

PARTICIPANTS: A total of 452 children born 1994-1996 in two districts in the Czech Republic participated.

EVALUATIONS: Indoor combustion exposures were home heating a...

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