Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children: Household and Community Determinants

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-327

  Jordaan, Esmé R ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney I ^b   Potter, Paul ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE LEVEL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032824509     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602494     Document Type: Article

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