A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Body Mass Index and Childhood Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Air Pollution: The Southern California Children’s Health Study | Zendy

Rob McConnell | Zendy; Ernest Shen | Zendy; Frank D. Gilliland | Zendy; Michael Jerrett | Zendy; Jennifer Wolch | Zendy; Chih-Chieh Chang | Zendy; Frederick Lurmann | Zendy; Kiros Berhane | Zendy

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A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Body Mass Index and Childhood Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Air Pollution: The Southern California Children’s Health Study

Author(s) -

Rob McConnell,

Ernest Shen,

Frank D. Gilliland,

Michael Jerrett,

Jennifer Wolch,

Chih-Chieh Chang,

Frederick Lurmann,

Kiros Berhane

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307031

Subject(s) - secondhand smoke , environmental health , tobacco smoke , body mass index , medicine , cohort , air pollution , cohort study , smoke , geography , biology , meteorology , ecology , pathology

Childhood body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence have been associated with exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS), maternal smoking during pregnancy, and vehicular air pollution. There has been little previous study of joint BMI effects of air pollution and tobacco smoke exposure.

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