In utero and early childhood exposure to secondhand smoke in Taiwan: a population-based birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study provides secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure data in utero and after birth when children were at 18 months, 36 months and 66 months old, and it identifies risk factors for the early childhood SHS among 18-month-old infants living in smoker and non-smoker households.

Study design

The data come from the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study, a longitudinal survey of a birth cohort born in 2005. This study used the survey wave when children were 18 months old (n=18 845) for statistical analysis of early childhood SHS exposure. Logistic regression was used to identify the risk factors of the SHS exposure.

Results

Approximately 62% of the 18-month-old infants lived in a household with at least one smoker, with the father being the smoker in 84% of those households. A

SUBMITTER: Cheng KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734351 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature