OBJECTIVES: Exposure to passive smoke is a common and avoidable risk factor for wheeze
and asthma in children. Substantial growth in the prospective cohort study evidence base …

▪ Abstract This review explores the role of environments in creating chronic and acute health
disorders. A general framework for studying the nesting of social environments and the …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of duration of exclusive breastfeeding with
infections in the upper respiratory (URTI), lower respiratory (LRTI), and gastrointestinal tracts …

BACKGROUND The relation of parental smoking to wheezing and asthma occurring after
the first year of life was assessed by a systematic quantitative review of case-control and …

The prevalence of allergic diseases has been on the rise for the last 200 years, when hay
fever, an easy and obvious-to-recognize illness, was virtually unknown in Europe and North …

We report the first national data on smoking before, during, and after pregnancy. Estimates
are based on the 1986 Linked Telephone Survey that reinterviewed 1,550 White women 20 …

Asthma has a high prevalence in the United States, and persons with asthma may be at
added risk from the adverse effects of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Complex mixtures …

What does a pack of cigarettes cost a smoker, the smoker's family, and society? This
longitudinal study on the private and social costs of smoking calculates that the cost of …

The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), a worldwide study of
the prevalence of childhood asthma and respiratory symptoms in the age-groups 6–7 years …

National prevalence rates for depression among women are twofold compared with those of
men, with women of childbearing age at greatest risk. Maternal depression not only …