Jjk. Jaakkola et al., Interior surface materials in the home and the development of bronchial obstruction in young children in Oslo, Norway, AM J PUB HE, 89(2), 1999, pp. 188-192
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science","Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
Objectives. This study assessed the role of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plasti
cs and textile materials in the home in the development of bronchial obstru
ction during the first 2 years of life.
Methods. The study was a matched pair case-control study based on a cohort
of 3754 newborns in Oslo in 1992 and 1993 who were followed up for 2 years.
The case group consisted of 251 children with bronchial obstruction; the c
ontrol group was matched one-to-one for date of birth.
Results. in conditional logistic regression analysis, the risk of bronchial
obstruction was related to the presence of PVC flooring (adjusted odds rat
io [OR] = 1.89; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.14, 3.14) and textile wall
materials (adjusted OR = 1.58; 95% CI = 0.98, 2.54). The reference categor
y was wood or parquet flooring and painted walls and ceiling. Further analy
sis sis revealed an exposure-response relationship between the assessed amo
unt of PVC and other plasticizer-containing surface materials and the risk
of bronchial obstruction.
Conclusions. This study provides new evidence of the role of PVC and textil
e wall materials in the development of bronchial obstruction in young child
ren.