Publication: An epidemiologic study comparing fetal exposure to tobacco smoke in three southeast asian countries
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2008-01-01
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10773525
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. Vol.14, No.4 (2008), 257-262
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Enrique M. Ostrea, Esterlita Villanueva-Uy, Sopapan Ngerncham, Luephorn Punnakanta, Melissa J.P. Batilando, Pratibha Agarwal, Elizabeth Pensler, Melissa Corrion, Erwin F. Ramos, Joshua Romero, Ronald L. Thomas An epidemiologic study comparing fetal exposure to tobacco smoke in three southeast asian countries. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. Vol.14, No.4 (2008), 257-262. doi:10.1179/oeh.2008.14.4.257 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/19840
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An epidemiologic study comparing fetal exposure to tobacco smoke in three southeast asian countries
Abstract
The high prevalence of smoking in Southeast Asia (SEA) means pregnant women face exposure to tobacco smoke that may affect the health of their fetus. This study determined fetal exposure to tobacco smoke by meconium analysis for cotinine in 3 locations in SEA: Bulacan Province, Philippines (N=316), Bangkok, Thailand (N=106) and Singapore City (N=61). Maternal exposure to tobacco smoke was 71.1% (1.3% active; 69.8% passive) in Bulacan, 57.5% (0.9% active; 58.6% passive) in Bangkok and 54.1% (11.5% active; 42.0% passive) in Singapore. Fetal exposure to tobacco smoke (by meconium analysis) was 1.3% (Bulacan), 4.7% (Bangkok) and 13.1% (Singapore); however, a large proportion of infants who tested positive for cotinine (65%) were born to mothers who gave no history of either active or passive exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Fetal exposure to tobacco smoke is a major health problem.