The association between secondhand smoke and childhood asthma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

• Published in: Pediatric pulmonology Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 2518 - 2531
• Main Authors: He, Zonglin, Wu, Huailiang, Zhang, Siyu, Lin, Yuchen, Li, Rui, Xie, Lijie, Li, Zibo, Sun, Weiwei, Huang, Xinyu, Zhang, Casper J. P., Ming, Wai‐kit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; Child; Childhood; childhood asthma; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; environmental tobacco smoke; Humans; Meta-analysis; Pediatrics; secondhand tobacco smoke; Systematic review; Tobacco smoke; Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects; meta-analysis; childhood asthma; secondhand tobacco smoke; systematic review; environmental tobacco smoke

Background Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure can trigger asthma exacerbations in children. Different studies have linked increased asthma symptoms and even deaths in children with SHS, but the risk has not been quantified uniformly across studies. We aimed to investigate the role of SHS exposure as a...