Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài:Snoring in primary school children and domestic environment: A Perth school based study. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Research Open Access Snoring in primary school children and domestic environment A Perth school based study Guicheng Zhang 1 Jeffery Spickett1 Krassi Rumchev1 Andy H Lee1 and Stephen Stick2 Address 1School of Public Health Curtin University of Technology GPO Box U1987 Perth WA 6845 Australia and 2Department of Respiratory Medicine Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Roberts Road Subiaco WA 6008 Australia Email GuichengZhang - zhangg@ Jeffery Spickett- Krassi Rumchev - Rumchev@ Andy H Lee - Stephen Stick - Corresponding author Published 04 November 2004 Received 27 July 2004 Accepted 04 November 2004 Respiratory Research 2004 5 19 doi 1465-9921-5-19 This article is available from http content 5 1 19 2004 Zhang et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The home is the predominant environment for exposure to many environmental irritants such as air pollutants and allergens. Exposure to common indoor irritants including volatile organic compounds formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide may increase the risk of snoring for children. The aim of this study was to investigate domestic environmental factors associated with snoring in children. Methods A school-based respiratory survey was administered during March and April of 2002. Nine hundred and ninety six children from four primary schools within the Perth metropolitan area were recruited for the study. A sub-group of 88 children aged 4-6 years were further selected from this sample for domestic air pollutant assessment. Results The prevalences of infrequent .
