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Day care center characteristics and children's respiratory health

Nafstad, P, Jaakkola, J. K, Skrondal, Anders and Magnus, P (2005) Day care center characteristics and children's respiratory health. Indoor Air, 15 (2). 69 - 75. ISSN 0905-6947

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Identification Number: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00310.x

Abstract

Day care centers provide an important exposure arena with potential harmful health effects for children. This study has linked health effect data from a survey among 942 3–5-year-old Oslo children with information on day care center characteristics collected during inspection of the 175 day care centers these children attended. The aim of the study was to estimate associations between dampness problems and other building characteristics and several respiratory health outcomes. Dampness problems (sign of molds, water leakage, damage to floor/wall) were observed in 51% of the day care centers. In multiple logistic regression analyses none of the studied symptoms and diseases (nightly cough, blocked or runny nose without common cold, wheeze, heavy breathing or chest tightness, the common cold, tonsillitis/pharyngitis, otitis media, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, and allergic rhinitis) were systematically associated with dampness problems or type of ventilation in day care centers. None of the studied indicators of day care center exposures were found to have a clear effect on day care children's respiratory health. Even so this study does not rule out negative health effects of day care center exposures. The study demonstrates that population-based studies of these relations are demanding with regard to assessment of exposure and health outcomes.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16000668
Additional Information: © 2004 Indoor Air
Divisions: Methodology
Statistics
Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited: 16 Sep 2008 08:59
Last Modified: 13 Feb 2024 04:12
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/17096

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