Advising parents of asthmatic children on passive smoking: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7196, 1999, Pages 1456-1459

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Wallacetown Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Nicotine Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033614659     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7196.1456     Document Type: Article

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