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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
Household and workplace exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with various deleterious health effects. We evaluated the health impact of ETS in Italy. We considered only those health conditions for which systematic quantitative reviews were available. We used relative risks from the reviews while data on the proportion of the Italian population exposed to ETS were derived from national statistics or from ad hoc studies. A total of 2.033 newborns per year are of low birth weight (< 2500 grams) in Italy (7.9%) because of maternal exposure to ETS during pregnancy. There are 87 sudden infant deaths (16.9%) due to post natal maternal active smoking. 21.3% of acute respiratory infections during the first two years of life are due to parental smoking (about 77.000 children); 27.000 cases of asthma (9.1%), 48.000 cases of chronic respiratory symptoms, 64.000 cases of middle ear effusions among children and adolescents are due to parental smoking exposure. The annual estimates of mortality from lung cancer and ischemic heart disease due to ETS exposure from the spouse are 221 and 1896, respectively. Workplace exposure is associated with 324 lung cancer deaths and 235 deaths from ischemic heart disease. Although these estimate are based on several assumptions and they have large uncertainties, the results underline the need and the urgency of public health measures to reduce ETS exposure in the household and in the workplaces in Italy.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1120-9763
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Birth Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Italy, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Otitis Media, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Parents, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Public Health, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Respiratory Tract Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Sudden Infant Death, pubmed-meshheading:11942141-Tobacco Smoke Pollution
pubmed:articleTitle
[Health impact of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in Italy].
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di epidemiologia ASL RME, via Santa Costanza 53, 00198 Roma. epiamb1@asplazio.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Review