Year: 1996 Vol. 62 Ed. 4 - (2º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 280 to 293
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Risk of Otitis Media in Children: Analysis of the Evidentes.
Author(s):
José Faibes Lubianca Neto *,
Jaime Luís F. Arrarte **,
Carlos Alberto Brinkmann **,
Sandro Rogério Facco ***,
Wilton Mendes Martins ***.
Keywords: Passive smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, acute otitis media, secretory otitis media
Abstract:
The authors review the epidemiological importance of acute and secretory otitis media. Afterward, the experimental and clinical evidences of the association between passive smoking and otitis media are discussed. They conclude that additional studies are necessary to test the hypothesis that passive smoking is a risk factor for secretory and acute otitis media.
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