Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Home Smoke Exposure and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Acute Respiratory Illness.
This study aims to assess whether secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure has an impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with acute respiratory illness (ARI). ⋯ Our study demonstrates an association between regular SHS exposure and decreased HRQOL with a dose-dependent response for children with ARI, providing further evidence of the negative impact of SHS.