Environmental tobacco smoke, wheezing, and asthma in children in 24 communities

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 218-224

  Cunningham, Joan ^b   O'Connor, George T ^b   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING CESSATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030027493     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.1.8542119     Document Type: Article

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