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Influence of passive smoking and parental phlegm on pneumonia and bronchitis in early childhood
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In the first year of life exposure to cigarette smoke generated when parents smoked doubled the risk for the infant of an attack of pneumonia or bronchitis.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1974-11-02. It has received 346 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bronchitis & Pneumonia.read more
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Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary.
Jørgen Vestbo,Suzanne S. Hurd,Alvar Agusti,Paul W. Jones,Claus Vogelmeier,Antonio Anzueto,Peter J. Barnes,Leonardo M. Fabbri,Fernando J. Martinez,Masaharu Nishimura,Robert A. Stockley,Don D. Sin,Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin +12 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that spirometry is required for the clinical diagnosis of COPD to avoid misdiagnosis and to ensure proper evaluation of severity of airflow limitation.
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Global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease.
Lynn B. Gerald,William C. Bailey +1 more
TL;DR: Representatives from many countries serve as a network for the dissemination and implementation of programs for diagnosis, management, and prevention of COPD.
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Passive Smoking and Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Arterial Dilatation in Healthy Young Adults
David S. Celermajer,Mark Raymond Adams,Peter Clarkson,Jacqui Robinson,Robyn J. McCredie,Ann E. Donald,John E. Deanfield +6 more
TL;DR: Passive smoking is associated with dose-related impairment of endothelium-dependent dilatation in healthy young adults, suggesting early arterial damage.
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Prenatal and Postnatal Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Children’s Health
TL;DR: A large literature links both prenatal maternal smoking and children's ETS exposure to decreased lung growth and increased rates of respiratory tract infections, otitis media, and childhood asthma, with the severity of these problems increasing with increased exposure.
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Health effects of passive smoking-10: Summary of effects of parental smoking on the respiratory health of children and implications for research.
Derek G Cook,David P. Strachan +1 more
TL;DR: Substantial benefits to children would arise if parents stopped smoking after birth, even if the mother smoked during pregnancy, and policies need to be developed which reduce smoking amongst parents and protect infants and young children from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
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Infant admissions to hospital and maternal smoking
Susan Harlap,A. Michael Davies +1 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that atmospheric pollution with tobacco smoke endangers the health of non-smokers is supported by the findings of a prospective study of 10,672 infants whose mothers' smoking habits were known.
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Respiratory Disease in Young Adults: Influence of Early Childhood Lower Respiratory Tract Illness, Social Class, Air Pollution, and Smoking
TL;DR: Cigarette smoking was found to have the greatest effect on symptom prevalence, followed by a history of a lower respiratory tract illness under 2 years of age, and social class and air pollution had little effect.
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Respiratory Symptoms in Children and Parental Smoking and Phlegm Production
TL;DR: A close association was found between parents' and children's respiratory symptoms that was independent of parents' smoking habits, and cross infection, particularly in the families where parents smoke, is an important element in the association.
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Factors Influencing the Onset of Chronic Respiratory Disease
TL;DR: This paper investigated the effect of different environmental and personal factors on ventilatory function of 10,971 children resident and going to school in four areas of Kent were examined details of past respiratory illnesses were obtained by a questionary completed by the parents; the examination included measurement of height, weight, and peak expiratory flow.
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Urban and Social Origins of Childhood Bronchitis in England and Wales
J. R. T. Colley,D. D. Reid +1 more
TL;DR: A survey of respiratory disease in over 10,000 children aged 6 to 10 years living in contrasting urban and rural areas of England and Wales showed pronounced social class gradient in the frequency of chronic cough, history of bronchitis, and also in disease of ears and nose.