AAP News Vol. 13 No. 10 October 1997, p. 2
© 1997 American Academy of Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Aringa, S. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Childhood asthma and smoking

Stefanie Dell' Aringa

Children hospitalized for asthma recover better in smoke-free homes than in homes where parents smoke tobacco, a Seattle study reported.

Researchers monitored 22 post-hospitalized acute asthmatic children, ages 2 to 13 years. Half recovered in households with nonsmokers, while the other half returned to homes with at least one smoker.

Results of the four-week study showed children recovering in homes with smokers had a significantly greater number of symptomatic days than those recovering in smoke-free environments.