Home risk factors for childhood pneumonia in Nanjing, China

作     者：ZHENG XiaoHong QIAN Hua ZHAO YiLi SHEN HongPing ZHAO ZhuoHui SUN YueXia SUNDELL Jan 

作者机构：School of Energy and Environment Southeast University School of Public Health Fudan University School of Environmental Science and Engineering Tianjin University Department of Building Science and Technology Tsinghua University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Science Bulletin》 (Chinese Science Bulletin)

年 卷 期：2013年第58卷第25期

页      面：4230-4236,82页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51008063) 

主　　题：危险因素 肺炎 儿童 中国 南京 生物质燃烧 现代家庭 覆盖材料 

摘      要：Pneumonia is a major cause of childhood morbidity in *** studies of rural areas have found an association between pneumonia and air pollution from burning of *** present study is of children living in urban,modern homes without burning of *** order to investigate potential home risk factors associated with children’s pneumonia,China Child Home Health(CCHH)questionnaires were randomly distributed to parents of 6461 children in 23 kindergartens in all 11 districts of Nanjing,covering urban,suburban,and industrial *** 4014 valid questionnaires(response rate 65.7%)were returned and have been *** lifetime incidence of pneumonia in Nanjing children 1–8 years old is 26.7%.The incidence of croup,asthma and frequent common colds was strongly associated with pneumonia,as was a history of allergies in the family,and persons other than parents(for example grandparents or nanny)taking care of the *** home environmental factors,namely,dampness,lack of ventilation,using coal or natural gas(electricity as reference)for cooking,new furniture,andmodernfloor and wall covering materials were also significantly associated with *** indoor environment typical of modern apartments in China was a risk factor for pneumonia among children.