Indoor Coal Use and Early Childhood Growth

0360456 - ÚEM 2012 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Ghosh, R. - Amirian, E. - Dostál, Miroslav - Šrám, Radim - Hertz-Picciotto, I.
Indoor Coal Use and Early Childhood Growth.
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Roč. 165, č. 6 (2011), s. 492-497. ISSN 1072-4710
Grant CEP: GA MŽP(CZ) SP/1B3/50/07
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z50390512
Klíčová slova: air pollution, * coal heating * indoor air pollutants
Kód oboru RIV: DN - Vliv životního prostředí na zdraví
Impakt faktor: 4.140, rok: 2011

The article presents the results of a longitudinal study to examine whether indoor coal combustion for heating, which release pollutants into the air, affects early childhood growth. The study group consisted of a total of 1133 children from the Teplice and Prachatice districts, Czech Rep., who were followed from birth to age 36 month. Data were compiled from self-administered questionnaires and medical records. The association between coal use and children´s height was modified by postnatal cigarette smoke exposure. The results suggested that pollution from indoor coal use may impair early childhood skeletal growth to age 36 months.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0198007