| Autor: |
Vujnović-Živković Zorica, Stamatović Dragana, Šulović Ljiljana, Živković Jovan, Ilić Aleksandra |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Serbian |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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| Zdroj: |
Praxis Medica, Vol 45, Iss 1, Pp 63-67 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0350-8773 |
| DOI: |
10.5937/pramed1601063V |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Tobacco smoke is one of the most important environmental pollutants (ETS). Passive exposure to tobacco smoke is involuntary and it presents a health risk for children. Objective: To establish if there are differences in Peak Expiratory Flow Rates (PEF) values of healthy school children who live in households with and without tobacco smoke. Methods: PEF measurements were taken for 830 school children, from elementary schools in Nis and Laplje Selo. Measurements were obtained with new peak flow meters Vitalograf-normal range (EN 13826), 3 to 5 times. The highest values were taken for analysis. P < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: We considered PEF values for 830 healthy school children, 599 (72.17%) from households with tobacco smoke (ETS), and 231 (27.83%) without ETS. Exposure to parenteral smoking was associated with reduced PEF rates: 312.01 L/min (95% CI=301.38-322.65 L/min), for boys and 284.64 L/min (95% CI=275.73-293.55 L/min), for girls. PEF rates for children from households without ETS are 313.79 L/min (95% CI=295.63-331.93 L/min) for boys, and 302.0 L/min (95% CI=287.02- 316.98 L/min) for girls. PEF rates were significantly lower for girls from households with ETS (p |
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