I. The Effect of Prenatal and Postnatal Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Child Health;II. Manganese, MnSOD, and Infant Growth and Neurobehavioral Development

• Main Authors: Feng-Chiao Su, 蘇楓喬
• Other Authors: Pau-Chung Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11986430533827453103

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 職業醫學與工業衛生研究所 === 94 === I. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a common indoor pollution. Fetus, neonates, and young children are the highest risk groups from ETS exposure. The harmful health effects of exposure to ETS may be not only respiratory illnesses, but also adverse reproductive outcomes. However, in birth outcomes, only decreased birthweight or low birthweight (LBW), and reduced head circumference have proven associations of exposure to ETS, while other outcomes have possible or no associations. In this study, we used the self-reported questionnaire from the pilot study of the population-based Taiwan Birth Cohort Study (TBCS) to evaluate the effects of exposure to prenatal and postnatal ETS on birth outcomes, including preterm delivery (PTD), low birthweight (LBW), and small for gestational age (SGA) as well as child health including emergency cases, hospitalization, and diseases. We recruited 2,048 mothers at six months after their deliveries and finally recruited 1,725 pairs of mothers and their children. We analyzed the association of adverse birth outcome and child health with exposures to prenatal and postnatal ETS by multiple linear and logistic regression (P-value