Meta‐analysis on the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the prevalence of lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood

The aim of this study was to obtain quantitative information from published data on the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the prevalence of serious lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in infancy and early childhood. We identified 21 relevant publications on the relation between ETS and the prevalence of serious LRTI by reviewing reference lists in relevant reports and by conducting manual and computer searches (Medline database; Dissertation abstracts index of Xerox University Microfilms) of published reports between 1966 and 1995. Thirteen studies were included in a quantitative overview using random effects modeling to derive pooled odds ratios.

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