Environmental tobacco smoke and respiratory health in children: A critical review and analysis of the literature from 1969 to 1998

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 246-264

  Witorsch, Raphael J ^a   Witorsch, Philip ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Environmental tobacco smoke; Respiratory health; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO; WHEEZING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034469477     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057518     Document Type: Review

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