Restrictions on smoking at home and urinary cotinine levels among children with asthma

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 188-192

  Wakefield, Melanie ^a   Banham, David ^b   Martin, James ^b   Ruffin, Richard ^c   McCaul, Kieran ^d   Badcock, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Cotinine; Family relations; Smoking; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

COTININE; CREATININE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; URINE LEVEL;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTININE; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0033799857     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(00)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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