Children's exposure to passive smoking in England since the 1980s: Cotinine evidence from population surveys

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7257, 2000, Pages 343-345

  Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Goddard, Eileen ^b   Higgins, Vanessa ^b   Feyerabend, Colin ^c   Bryant, Andrew ^c   Cook, Derek G ^d  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Toxicology Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALIVA; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0034609244     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7257.343     Document Type: Article

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