Comparison of three methods for estimating environmental tobacco smoke exposure among children aged between 12 and 36 months

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 88-94

  Nafstad, Per ^a   Botten, Grete ^a   Hagen, Jørgen A ^a   Zahlsen, Kolbjørn ^b   Nilsen, Odd G ^c   Silsand, Terje ^c   Kongerud, Johny ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTININE; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANT; NICOTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0028951406     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.1.88     Document Type: Article

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