Meta-analysis on the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the prevalence of lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-13

  Li, Janet S M ^a   Peat, Jennifer K ^b   Xuan, Wei ^b   Berry, Geoffrey ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Epidemiology; Lower respiratory tract infection; Meta analysis; Passive smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032944893     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199901)27:1<5::AID-PPUL3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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