| dc.creator | Gourgoulianis, K. I. | en |
| dc.creator | Gogou, E. | en |
| dc.creator | Hamos, V. | en |
| dc.creator | Molyvdas, P. A. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:28:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:28:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1080/080352502760069160 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0803-5253 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/28128 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of indoor smoking. Exhaled carbon monoxide WO) concentrations were measured on a CO monitor by a vital capacity manoeuvre in three groups of adolescents: non-smokers with non-smoking families, non-smokers with smoking mothers. and smokers. Each group included eight families. Smokers had higher exhaled CO (mean +/- SD. 35.67 +/- 14.62 ppm) than non-smokers with smoking mothers (6 +/- 2.5 ppm) and nonsmokers (2.37 +/- 0.56 ppm), late in the evening (21.00 h). The levels of exhaled CO in non-smoking adolescents doubled if their mothers smoked. Conclusion: Exhaled CO can be used as an indicator of indoor smoking. Maternal smoking plays a major role in the health of adolescents. | en |
| dc.source.uri | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000176674400019 | |
| dc.subject | adolescence | en |
| dc.subject | asthma | en |
| dc.subject | carbon monoxide (CO) | en |
| dc.subject | indoor pollution | en |
| dc.subject | smoking | en |
| dc.subject | CHILDHOOD ASTHMA | en |
| dc.subject | AIR | en |
| dc.subject | Pediatrics | en |
| dc.title | Indoor maternal smoking doubles adolescents' exhaled carbon monoxide | en |
| dc.type | journalArticle | en |
