title: Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children.
abstract: Parents who choose to smoke are possibly not aware of, or deny, the negative effects of passive smoking on their offspring. This review summarises a wide range of effects of passive smoking on mortality and morbidity in children. It offers paediatricians, obstetricians, specialists in preventive child health care, general practitioners, and midwives an approach to promote smoking cessation in smoking parents before, during, and after pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands. w.hofhuis@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hofhuis
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Jongste
authors.forename: P J F M
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Merkus
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution