POSTNATAL MATERNAL SMOKING INCREASES THE PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA BUT NOT OF BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS OR ATOPY IN THEIR CHILDREN
Mary E. Bollinger DO1 and
Robert A. Wood MD1
1 Baltimore, MD
The authors concluded that postnatal maternal smoking increasesthe prevalence of asthma in the offspring without inducing BHRor enhancing sensitization to allergens.