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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the most important sources of environmental tobacco smoke exposure to young children, the authors studied the associations among urinary cotinine, reported household smoking habits, and socioeconomic variables in 575 schoolchildren aged 6-11 y. The school children were among a population of prodigious smokers in Cape Town, South Africa. Eighty percent of the children were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Maternal smoking, which was adjusted for creatinine, accounted for 21.8% of the variation in urinary cotinine--more than all other sources combined. The male parent and other household smokers accounted for 12.7% of the variation, and socioeconomic indicators explained an additional 4.8%. By defining the ecological variable of smoking prevalence per school, the authors estimated a "community" contribution of 3.3%. The relative importance of different sources of smoke should be taken into account in the prevention of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in young children. Most importantly, of all the sources of environmental tobacco smoke, mothers' smoking habits had the greatest impact on exposure to children.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-9896
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
319-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: household and community determinants.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Epidemiological Research of Southern Africa, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa. ejordaan@eagle.mrc.ac.za
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article