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© 1991 Oxford University Press

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The Effects of Indoor Environmental Factors on Respiratory Illness in Primary School Children in Kuala Lumpur

B H O AZIZI and R L HENRY

Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Discipline of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle New South Wales, 2308, Austrialia.

The effects of indoor environmental factors on respiratory illness were studied in 1501 7–12 year old school children in Kuala Lumpur. Exposure to mosquito coil smoke for at least three nights a week was independently associated with asthma and persistent wheeze. Passive smoking, defined as sharing a bedroom with an adult smoker, was independently associated with a chest illness in the past year. No relationships were found between exposure to kerosene stoves, wood stoves, fumigation mat mosquito repellents or aerosol insecticides and respiratory illness. Host factors predictive of at least one respiratory outcome included family history of chest illness, history of allergy, male sex, hospitalization in the neonatal period and low paternal education. With 95% confidence, avoidance of regular exposure to mosquito coil smoke and passive smoking could reduce the prevalences of persistent wheeze, asthma and chest illness by up to 29%. Measurements of lung function confirmed the validity of questions pertaining to wheezing and asthma in the study questionnaire.

Revised 1 June 1990


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