Acunaş B nbsp;33 153Aji DY nbsp;148Akalın F nbsp;85 117Akar T nbsp;103Akarsu S nbsp;70Akçurin S nbsp;80Akduman B nbsp;156Akduman GG nbsp;156Akman İ nbsp;165Aksakoğlu G nbsp;136Aksu B nbsp;33Aktaş BT nbsp;129Akyüz Ü nbsp;40Aladağ N nbsp;153Artaç H nbsp;24Ataoğlu E nbsp;37Ataş A nbsp;162Aydın K nbsp;77Aydın S nbsp;17Aydoğdu M nbsp;17Aygün AD nbsp;70Barış S nbsp;98Bornaun H nbsp;13Bursalı A nbsp;52Bülbül A nbsp;107Büyükkapu S nbsp;125Canpolat C nbsp;165Canpolat N nbsp;133Cantürk G nbsp;156Celkan T nbsp;94Ciğerci N nbsp;107Conk Z nbsp;57Çakı S nbsp;43Çakmak A nbsp;162Çalışkan S nbsp;133Çeken K nbsp;80Çokuğraş FÇ nbsp;17 65 98 142Çotuk B nbsp;117Dallar Y nbsp;74Demircili O nbsp;125Demirel B nbsp;103Demirören K nbsp;82Demirören S nbsp;82Derinöz O nbsp;61 103Doğan Y nbsp;17 65 70 98Doğusoy G nbsp;65Duran R nbsp;33 153Duras G nbsp;40Elevli M nbsp;37Energin M nbsp;77Ercan TE nbsp;6Erginöz E nbsp;17 142Ergüven M nbsp;43Erkan T nbsp;17 65 98 142Erol M nbsp;29Esenay FI nbsp;57Gezer A nbsp;1Gülcan M nbsp;17Gümüş H nbsp;82Günel MK nbsp;112Güven F nbsp;40Güzeş EA nbsp;77Hacıbekiroğlu M nbsp;29Haliloğlu B nbsp;43İnan M nbsp;33İşler A nbsp;57İşman FK nbsp;29Kabakuş N nbsp;70Kara G nbsp;37Kara R nbsp;24Karazeybek H nbsp;162Kavas E nbsp;40Kaya Ü nbsp;77Keleş S nbsp;24Keskinoğlu P nbsp;136Kocaman C nbsp;165Koturoğlu G nbsp;57Kucur M nbsp;29Kurugöl Z nbsp;57Kuruoğlu S nbsp;65Kutlu T nbsp;17 65 98 142Livanelioğlu A nbsp;112Mengütay S nbsp;117Mutlu A nbsp;112Nişli K nbsp;13Nuhoğlu A nbsp;107Odabaş İ nbsp;117Okan F nbsp;107Ömeroğlu RE nbsp;13Önal Z nbsp;65 98Öner AF nbsp;46Öner N nbsp;13Özdemir PG nbsp;129Öztarhan K nbsp;129Öztürk E nbsp;129Reisli İ nbsp;24Saltık S nbsp;43Sander S nbsp;125Say A nbsp;40Selçuk N nbsp;37Sezgin B nbsp;125Soran M nbsp;162Şahin G nbsp;170Şen F nbsp;153Şenol U nbsp;80Şenyüz OF nbsp;17Şimşek Y nbsp;74Şiraneci R nbsp;129Tarsuslu T nbsp;112Tıraş Ü nbsp;74Topçu B nbsp;117Tunaoğlu FS nbsp;61Uçar Ş nbsp;170Uludağ S nbsp;1Usta M nbsp;65 98Uygur N nbsp;40Uysal S nbsp;6Uzun H nbsp;17Ünal E nbsp;77Ünalp A nbsp;121Vatansever Ü nbsp;33 153Yalvaç S nbsp;142Yavuz T nbsp;13Yılmaz E nbsp;70Yılmaz Y nbsp;165Yiğit Ö nbsp;125Yörük A nbsp;43Zeyrek D nbsp;162Zorlu P nbsp;170

Passive smoking environmental tobacco smoke is an important public health problem causing several adverse effects on the health outcomes of children Adverse effects of passive smoking occur from conception through adolescence Exposure to passive smoking in children is associated especially with increased upper and lower respiratory infection and increased asthmatic symptoms Globally including Turkey the percentage of children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke is considerably high Exposure intensity of passive smoking shows a strong correlation with indoor parental and especially maternal smoking the number of cigarettes smoked the number and volume capacity of the rooms where cigarettes are smoked and individual metabolic diversities Turk Arch Ped 2007; 42: 136 41 Key words: Child health passive smoking respiratory tract infection