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Article: Involuntary smoke exposure affects asthma severity in children.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- September 30, 2002
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2002 SEP 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with high levels of tobacco smoke exposure are more likely to have moderate or severe asthma, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While it has long been known that involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is linked to respiratory infections, middle ear disease, and asthma, this study confirms that children with asthma who are exposed to ETS are more likely to have increased respiratory symptoms, increased school absences and decreased lung function.
The study, which is reported in Chest, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of ...