Sentences with phrase «exposed children than adult»

Although some of the tobacco exposure could have originated from members of the family that only smoke outside, but carry in tobacco residue on their clothes, the researchers suggest this is not likely to explain all of the difference as there are a lot more exposed children than adult smokers.

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In fact, an important study in 1996 confirmed that children are exposed to higher levels of radiation from devices than adults.

Children have many more years in future life than we adults, and if they are exposed to asbestos, for example, they've got five, six, seven, or eight decades to manifest any disease.

The scientists suspect that American babies may be exposed to higher levels of many of the flame retardants than adults or older children.

Children have many more years in future life than we adults, and if they are exposed to asbestos, for example, they've got seven or eight decades to manifest any disease.

Children are also more exposed than adults because they crawl or play on the floor, where they come into contact with chemical - laden dust, says Ted Schettler, MD, science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network.

In short, children are exposed to a greater concentration of toxic chemicals than adults.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantagesChildren whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantageschildren without these educationally relevant advantages.»

Are safer for children An adult cat is more likely than a kitten to have been exposed to children and other pets, and therefore may adapt more easily around them.

The original study assessed the effects of abuse and household dysfunction during childhood on long - term health and quality - of - life outcomes.22 A subanalysis of these data by Dube et al23 demonstrated that adults who were exposed to IPV as children were 6 times more likely to be emotionally abused, 4.8 times more likely to be physically abused, and 2.6 times more likely to be sexually abused than children who were not exposed to IPV.

During the recovery of the Great Recession, income inequality in the United States accelerated, with 91 % of the gains going to the top 1 % of families.19 Left out of the recovery were African American families who, during the downturn, lost an average of 35 % of their accumulated wealth.20 African American unemployment increased, home ownership decreased, and child poverty deepened to approximately 46 % of children younger than 6 years.21 Because social mobility is lowest for people in the lowest income quartile, half of African American children who are poor as young children will remain poor as adults, approximately twice as many as white adults similarly exposed to poverty as children.22

Similarly, Hubbard, and colleagues (1995) found that the existence of more than one disorder in their sample of 59 Cambodian adolescents and young adults exposed to trauma as children.

Children are more likely to be exposed to violence and crime than adults.

To reduce exposure to contaminated dust, Stapleton advises frequent hand - washing, noting that children typically are exposed to higher levels of flame retardants than adults because they spend so much time playing on the floor.