Health Bulletin
Blood test may help identify kids' smoke exposure
Parents may think their children are exposed only if they are around someone actively smoking a cigarette, or are unaware of where else their children may be breathing in smoke. But a blood test may help identify and reduce smoke exposure, said researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. Secondhand smoke exposure in children has been tied to sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory problems, ear infections and asthma.
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