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Asthma
Exposure to passive smoke in utero or in childhood linked to later disease
July 21st, 2005
Children's exposure to pre- and postnatal tobacco smoke carries a substantial risk for them to develop asthma and respiratory symptoms as adults, study results show. They were published in the first issue for July 2005 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Investigators conducted an 11-year community cohort study on the incidence of asthma and respiratory symptoms among a sample population in western Norway. The study included data from 2,819 respondents to both baseline and follow-up questionnaires. Trude Duelien Skorge, MD, University of Bergen, and colleagues examined the incidence of asthma...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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