INDOOR WOODSMOKE POLLUTION CAUSING LOWER RESPIRATORY-DISEASE IN CHILDREN

被引：65

作者：

COLLINGS, DA ^{[1
]}

SITHOLE, SD ^{[1
]}

MARTIN, KS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MARONDERA HOSP,MARONDERA,ZIMBABWE

来源：

TROPICAL DOCTOR | 1990年 / 20卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1177/004947559002000403

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 [公共卫生与预防医学]; 120402 [社会医学与卫生事业管理];

摘要：

Suggested aetiological factors were evaluated in 244 consecutive children presenting with lower respiratory disease at Marondera Hospital, Zimbabwe. Data obtained from these children were compared with information obtained from 500 children seen at the local well baby clinic. There were no differences in the prevalence of malnutrition, breast feeding, overcrowding, poor housing conditions and poverty in these two groups of children. A significant association was identified between lower respiratory disease and exposure to atmospheric woodsmoke pollution in young children. Air sampling within the kitchens of 40 children revealed levels of atmospheric pollution far in excess of the WHO recommended exposure limit1. Elevated carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations confirmed childhood smoke inhalation. We suggest that in many Third World communities a chemical pneumonitis resulting from the inhalation of noxious constituents of woodsmoke predisposes to lower respiratory disease in children. © 1990, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

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页码：151 / 155

页数：5

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