Abstract:
:In this study, we derive national estimates of the prevalence of children's exposure to parental smoking in West Germany. The estimates are based on a national health survey conducted in 1987 and refer to those parents living in the same household as the child. Estimated prevalences of maternal smoking range from 18.9% among children aged < 2 years to more than 30% among 2-5 and 6-13 year old children. Estimates of paternal smoking prevalence are considerably higher: 33.7% among children < 2 years old and 43.1% and 46.8% among 2-5 and 6-13 year old children, respectively. The prevalence of at least one smoking household member was 49.9% among 2-5 year old children, while a clear majority of children aged < 2 years (58.8%) and 6-13 (67.5%) were living in a household with at least one smoker. For all age groups, prevalence of maternal and paternal smoking was considerably higher among children of less-educated parents than among children of better-educated parents. Given the high prevalence of parental smoking and the association of parental smoking with a variety of respiratory diseases in children, a large proportion of these diseases could be prevented by efforts to reduce smoking among parents.
journal_name
Int J Epidemioljournal_title
International journal of epidemiologyauthors
Brenner H,Mielck Adoi
10.1093/ije/22.5.818subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-10-01 00:00:00pages
818-23issue
5eissn
0300-5771issn
1464-3685journal_volume
22pub_type
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更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1099
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1985-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00