Lifetime-ever pneumonia among pre-school children across China - Associations with pre-natal and post-natal early life environmental factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Perinatal and postnatal exposure to mould, mould odour and window pane condensation at home can be early life risk factors for childhood pneumonia in China. Moreover, pre-natal and post-natal exposure to chemical emissions from new furniture and renovation could increase the risk of childhood pneumonia. Breastfeeding, farm exposure, and living in rural or suburban areas could be protective.
PMID: 30121466 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environmental Research - August 6, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Norbäck D, Lu C, Zhang Y, Li B, Zhao Z, Huang C, Zhang X, Qian H, Sun Y, Sundell J, Wang J, Liu W, Deng Q Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research