What determines levels of passive smoking in children with asthma?

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 766-769

  Irvine, Linda ^a   Crombie, Iain K ^a   Clark, Roland A ^a   Slane, Peter W ^b   Goodman, Kirsty E ^a   Feyerabend, Colin ^c   Cater, John I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Wallacetown Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Nicotine Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Passive smoking

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030753537     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.9.766     Document Type: Article

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