IN A META-ANALYSIS LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS OF SECOND HAND SMOKE (SHS) ON THE RISK OF INVASIVE MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN, IT WAS FOUND THAT SHS IN THE HOME WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A RISK OF INVASIVE MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE ( 2.18, 95% CI 1.63-2.92)
EXPOSURE TO SECOND HAND SMOKE ROUGHLY DOUBLES THE RISK OF INVASIVE MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE
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