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Passive smoking, as measured by hair nicotine, and severity of acute lower respiratory illnesses among children.

Tob Induc Dis · 2002 · PMC2671528 · PMID 19570246

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a weak trendno p-value reported
Discussion Findings from this study show a weak trend of higher ETS exposure among children with more severe respiratory illnesses.

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a positive trendno p-value reported
Except for the first (least severe) group, there is some indication of a positive trend with increasing exposure to ETS by severity of illness, but there is a great deal of overlap of hair nicotine levels between categories of severity.

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