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A three-generation study on the association of tobacco smoking with asthma
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Background: Mothers' smoking during pregnancy increases asthma
risk in their offspring. There is some evidence that
grandmothers' smoking may have a similar effect, and biological
plausibility that fathers' smoking during adolescence may
influence offspring's health through transmittable epigenetic
changes in sperm precursor cells. We evaluated the
three-generation associations of tobacco smoking with asthma.
Methods: Between 2010 and 2013, at the European Community
Respiratory Health Survey III clinical interview, 2233 mothers
and 1964 fathers from 26 centres reported whether their
offspring (aged
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ACCORDINI, Simone, et al. A three-generation study on the association of tobacco smoking
with asthma. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2018. ISSN 0300-5771. [consulted: 19 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/121173