Respiratory impairment induced by smoking in children in secondary schools
| Autor: | L Adams, A Guz, M Robinson, R. G. Rawbone, D Lonsdale |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Longitudinal study Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Respiratory Tract Diseases Pulmonary function testing London Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies Exertion Respiratory system General Environmental Science Lung business.industry Smoking Phlegm General Engineering General Medicine Respiratory Function Tests Dyspnea medicine.anatomical_structure Cough Respiratory failure Cohort General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female medicine.symptom business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 288:891-895 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.288.6421.891 |
| Popis: | A longitudinal study was carried out from 1975 to 1979 in a cohort of 405 secondary school children. At yearly intervals they underwent a series of tests of pulmonary function designed to monitor lung development; some of these tests are relatively sensitive indicators of early abnormalities. A self administered questionnaire provided details of smoking habits and respiratory symptoms. The prevalence of smoking increased with age; most of those smoking at 16 had already been smoking, at least experimentally, at 13. Taking up smoking was clearly associated with the early onset of cough, production of phlegm, and shortness of breath on exertion. After two years of smoking more than a few cigarettes a day the children who smoked appeared considerably less healthy than their non-smoking peers and showed some evidence of early obstruction of the airways. |
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