Archives of disease in childhood
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Review Meta Analysis
Effect of education and safety equipment on poisoning-prevention practices and poisoning: systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.
To assess (a) the effect of home safety education and the provision of safety equipment on poison-prevention practices and poisoning rates, and (b) whether the effect of interventions differs by social group. ⋯ Home safety education and the provision of safety equipment improve poison-prevention practices, but the impact on poisoning rates is unclear. Such interventions are unlikely to widen inequalities in childhood poisoning-prevention practices.
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To compare adult lung function in two national British cohorts, born in 1946 and 1958, in relation to birth weight, postnatal growth and early air-pollution exposure. ⋯ A small but significant influence of birth weight and trunk size on lung function is confirmed, but neither differences in prenatal and postnatal growth nor differences in childhood air-pollution exposure are likely explanations of the differences in spirometric performance between British adults born in 1946 and 1958.