Kinga Polanska

..On the other hand, the impact of phthalates, BPA, PFCs, PAHs and alcohol is less frequently investigated and does not allow a firm conclusion regarding the association with the outcomes of interest...

..The percentage of pregnant women who quit smoking was higher among American women than among women from the European Countries...

..This exposure has serious health consequences, including the negative effect on child neurodevelopment. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on child psychomotor development...

..The aim of the study was to assess the exposure of smoking pregnant women to PAHs...

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..1-18.3) and exposed homes (GM 7.3 ng/ml; 95% CI 3.6-15.0) compared with non-exposed homes (GM 1.3 ng/ml; 95% CI 0.9-1.7) (p < 0.001). Children should be more protected from ETS exposure in prenatal and postnatal period...

..Those factors should be taken into account while conducting antismoking intervention for pregnant and postpartum women...

..The aim of the study was to examine the impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on foetal growth...

..1.1 cm; p = 0.03 and coef. -1.3 cm; p = 0.002 respectively). Taking into account the negative effect of prenatal exposure to ETS, more efforts need to be taken to eliminate child ETS exposure...

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..About 90% of reduction in nicotine and PM levels was also noted. In addition, the positive self perception reported by workers proved the effectiveness of new legislation protecting them from ETS exposure...

..Most studies have also indicated a significant reduction in respiratory and sensory symptoms. The impact of the smoking ban on the lung function measurements is still not clear...

..The aim of The Polish Mother and Child Cohort Study (REPRO_PL) is to evaluate the impact of exposure to different environmental factors during pregnancy and, after birth, on the pregnancy outcome, children's health and neurodevelopment...

..56%; OR = 0.25; 95% CI 0.15-0.51). The antismoking counseling for postpartum women is the effective tool to help them to maintain smoking abstinence...

..Breastfeeding and positive experience related to the quitting of smoking protect the women from returning to smoking after delivery. Those factors should be taken into account while creating antismoking intervention...

..The aim of randomized trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-smoking counseling in the population of pregnant women from the maternity centers in Lódź, central Poland...

..The risk for most of these conditions has been found to increase with the number of cigarettes smoked and on the other hand women who stopped smoking during pregnancy are at the lower risk for most of those pathologies...

..The risk for most of these conditions has been found to increase with the number of cigarettes smoked. On the other hand women who stopped smoking during pregnancy are at lower risk for most of those pathologies...

..The aim of the randomized trial was to evaluate the risk of smoking relapse one year after delivery among the women who quit smoking during pregnancy...

..The results of the test "Why am I smoker?" give the good characteristics of the smoking habit among pregnant women. The intervention based on the results of this test seems to be an effective tool to help them quit smoking...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability of self-reported smoking status and environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS) during pregnancy, assessing serum cotinine level...

..The aim of the studywas to work out a program that would help develop the most effective methods for protecting the safety and health of young workers...

..We conducted systematic search of the literature using PUBMED, MEDLINE and EBSCO database to identify all publications dealing with environmental tobacco smoke exposure and childhood cancer...

..03). Saliva cotinine level was significantly higher among women exposed to environmental tobacco smoke at home compared to non-exposed (p = 0.02)...

..Unmarried women, those with lover educational level, and unemployed had the highest risk of smoking during pregnancy...

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..05, respectively). Moreover, these effects were shown to be modulated by tobacco-smoking status and gene-gene interactions. Concluding, the genetic variability of Xrcc3 and/or Rad51 genes might be of relevance with respect to HNC risk...

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..8; p>0.05). Preventive programs aimed at improving self-perceived health should concentrate on increasing recreational physical activity and elimination of smoking. Those actions should in particular target people in older age category...

..Particular attention was paid to occupational groups, not yet fully protected against environmental tobacco smoke exposure and need to be the subject of future legislation...

..This paper summarizes the World Health Organization recommendations for effective protection from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke along with the existing tobacco control programs and legislation in force in Poland...

..The aim of the paper was to evaluate the prevalence of daily cigarette smoking and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure among adult citizens of Łódz area in Poland between year 2001 and 2010 by selected characteristics...