Titre :
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Secondhand Tobacco Smoke : A Source of Lead Exposure in US Children and Adolescents. (2012)
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Auteurs :
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Andria APOSTOLOU ;
FADROWSKI (Jeffrey-J) : USA. Department of Pediatrics. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore. MD. ;
Esther GARCIA-ESQUINAS ;
Pat MCLAIN ;
Ana NAVAS-ACIEN ;
Virginia-M WEAVER
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 102, n° 4, 2012)
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Pagination :
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714-722
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Saturnisme
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Tabagisme passif
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Fumée tabac
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Fumée
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Tabac
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Pollution atmosphérique
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Plomb
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Exposition
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Polluant
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Enfant
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Adolescent
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Amérique
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Homme
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS noR0xBn8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure and blood lead levels in US children and adolescents. Methods. We analyzed data from 6830 participants aged 3-19 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) who were not active smokers and for whom SHS exposure information and blood lead measurements were available. Results. After multivariable adjustment, participants in the highest quartile of serum cotinine (> =0.44 mug/L) had 28 % (95 % confidence interval =21 %, 36 %) higher blood lead levels than had those in the lowest quartile (
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