Effect of passive exposure to cigarette smoke on blood pressure in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

• Main Authors: Mahshid Aryanpur (Author), Mahmoud Yousefifard (Author), Alireza Oraii (Author), Gholamreza Heydari (Author), Mehdi Kazempour-Dizaji (Author), Hooman Sharifi (Author), Mostafa Hosseini (Author), Hamidreza Jamaati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertension is an emerging disease in children and adolescents resulting in future morbidities. Cigarette smoking is one of the most studied contributing factors in this regard; however, there are contradictory results among different studies. Therefore, the present meta-analysi...