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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-2-2
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Risk factors for acute upper respiratory tract disease in childhood were evaluated in a population-based sample of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Mothers from 449 households containing 575 children less than 5 years of age were selected by random-digit dialing and questioned about upper respiratory tract infection and ear infection occurring in their children during the preceding 2 weeks. Household demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, maternal smoking history and child day-care attendance and breast-feeding information were also obtained. For children less than 5 years of age, the reported incidence of upper respiratory tract infection was 24%, and of ear infection, 6%. Controlling for the other variables measured, day-care attendance was associated with a significantly increased risk of both illnesses. For upper respiratory tract infection, increased risk was present for all children attending day care (P = .02, odds ratio = 1.6), whereas for ear infection, risk could be demonstrated only for full-time attendees (P = .005, odds ratio = 3.8). Maternal smoking was a second independent risk factor for a child's having upper respiratory tract infection (odds ratio = 1.7, P = .01). Thirty-one percent of all upper respiratory tract infection among day-care attendees and 66% of all ear infections among full-time day-care attendees were attributable to day-care attendance. Given the proportion of children in day care, 9% to 14% of the total burden of upper respiratory tract disease in this population was day care related.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jan
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| pubmed:issn |
0031-4005
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
79
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
55-60
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Child Day Care Centers,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Georgia,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Maternal Behavior,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Otitis Media,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Respiratory Tract Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Risk,
pubmed-meshheading:3797171-Smoking
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| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Childhood upper respiratory tract infections: to what degree is incidence affected by day-care attendance?
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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