Environment and acute XXXX .

@entity1 @entity308 @entity5695 @entity10916 @entity1729 @entity3147 @entity204
There are 4.3 million @entity204 annually (33% of all @entity1 @entity204 ) due to acute upper and lower @entity1729 including measles and @entity5695 . Morbidity is much higher: in India 30-35% of pediatric hospital admissions are for acute @entity1729 (ARI). Some of the risk factors for @entity10916 are bottle feeding, overcrowding, outdoor and indoor pollution, low birth weight, and @entity3147 , according to World Health Organization studies. A typical example of an Indian @entity1 with frequent hospitalizations for lower @entity1729 is a case where the father smokes and the mother works outside the home, which is a squatter hut near a highway and a power plant. In Rio de Janeiro, risk factors are maternal stress or @entity308 , poor supervision, and poor housing. Prevalence of ARI was 80% in a 15-day recall period. In Gambia, @entity1 of polygamous unions and those exposed to indoor cooking fires are at high risk. In Hong Kong, poor environmental air quality has been identified with ARI. In the US factors associated with ARI are smoking, passive smoking, and air pollution. A @entity1 exposed to smoking will have 20% more days being bedridden than otherwise.
