March 2015. Volume 11. Number 1

Under smoke legislation there are fewer attendances for asthma in children and there seems to be fewer preterm births

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Been JV, Nurmatov UB, Cox B, Nawrot TS, van Schayck CP, Sheikh A. Effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2014;383:1549-60.

Reviewers: de Lucas García N1, Esparza Olcina MJ2.
1SAMUR-Protección Civil. Madrid. España.
2Centro de Salud Barcelona. Móstoles. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Nieves de Lucas García. Email: delucasn@gmail.com
Reception date: 02/08/2014
Acceptance date: 30/10/2014
Publication date: 15/01/2015

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: smoke-free legislation is associated with substantial reductions in preterm births, very small for gestational age newborns and with hospital attendance for asthma.

Reviewers’ commentary: this systematic review and meta-analysis shows benefit of smoke-free legislations on hospital attended child asthma and on very small for gestational age newborns. It also reduces the number of preterm births, although the effect size is smaller and there are some methodological limitations in the studies approaching this result.

How to cite this article

de Lucas García N, Esparza Olcina MJ. Con la ley antitabaco acuden menos niños al hospital con crisis de asma y parecen nacer menos niños prematuros. Evid Pediatr. 2015;11:4.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Been JV, Nurmatov UB, Cox B, Nawrot TS, van Schayck CP, Sheikh A. Effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2014;383:1549-60.

Reviewers: de Lucas García N1, Esparza Olcina MJ2.
1SAMUR-Protección Civil. Madrid. España.
2Centro de Salud Barcelona. Móstoles. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Nieves de Lucas García. Email: delucasn@gmail.com
Reception date: 02/08/2014
Acceptance date: 30/10/2014
Publication date: 15/01/2015

How to cite this article

de Lucas García N, Esparza Olcina MJ. Con la ley antitabaco acuden menos niños al hospital con crisis de asma y parecen nacer menos niños prematuros. Evid Pediatr. 2015;11:4.

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Under smoke legislation there are fewer attendances for asthma in children and there seems to be fewer preterm births.

15/01/2015

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