Household Smoking Behavior: Effects on Indoor Air Quality and Health of Urban Children with Asthma

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• Personal Author:
  Bernert, John T. ; Breysse P ; Butz AM ; Curtin-Brosnan J ; Diette GB ; Eggleston P ; Matsui EC ; Rand C ; Williams D
• Description:
  The goal of the study was to examine the association between biomarkers and environmental measures of second hand smoke (SHS) with caregiver, i.e. parent or legal guardian, report of household smoking behavior and morbidity measures among children with asthma. Baseline data were drawn from a longitudinal intervention for 126 inner city children with asthma, residing with a smoker. Most children met criteria for moderate to severe persistent asthma (63%) versus mild intermittent (20%) or mild persistent (17%). Household smoking behavior and asthma morbidity were compared with child urine cotinine and indoor measures of air quality including fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and air nicotine (AN). Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon rank-sum and Spearman rho correlation tests were used to determine the level of association between biomarkers of SHS exposure and household smoking behavior and asthma morbidity. Most children had uncontrolled asthma (62%). The primary household smoker was the child's caregiver (86/126, 68%) of which 66 (77%) were the child's mother. Significantly higher mean PM2.5, AN and cotinine concentrations were detected in households where the caregiver was the smoker (caregiver smoker: PM2.5 microg/m3: 44.16, AN: 1.79 microg/m3, cotinine: 27.39 ng/ml; caregiver non-smoker: PM2.5: 28.88 microg/m3, AN: 0.71 microg/m3, cotinine:10.78 ng/ml, all P = 0.01). Urine cotinine concentrations trended higher in children who reported 5 or more symptom days within the past 2 weeks (>5 days/past 2 weeks, cotinine: 28.1 ng/ml vs. <5 days/past 2 weeks, cotinine: 16.2 ng/ml; P = 0.08). However, environmental measures of SHS exposures were not associated with asthma symptoms. Urban children with persistent asthma, residing with a smoker are exposed to high levels of SHS predominantly from their primary caregiver. Because cotinine was more strongly associated with asthma symptoms than environmental measures of SHS exposure and is independent of the site of exposure, it remains the gold standard for SHS exposure assessment in children with asthma. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Asthma Asthma, Occupational Biomarkers Environmental Exposure Nicotine Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Air Nicotine Author Keywords: Asthma Children Cigarette Smoke Cotinine Environmental Exposure IAQ Indoor Air Quality Particulate Matter Particulates Respiratory Diseases Secondhand Smoke

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• ISSN:
  1092-7875
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  460-468
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062712
• Citation:
  Matern Child Health J 2011 May; 15(4):460-468
• Contact Point Address:
  Arlene M. Butz, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
• Email:
  abutz@jhmi.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  (-)-Nicotine (CAS RN 54-11-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Maternal and Child Health Journal
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fd30c50d6e394114e69e515d9d03d7029c73ac21d8971efb24097b26a5c94823abe7c972675d10a79e3a384d5f6a26d699aa42f053acd28e424990bb96af1659
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225906/cdc_225906_DS1.pdf
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