Rates of smoking in the households of cardiac patients

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 271-274

  Hevey, David ^a   Slack, Katriona ^a   Cahill, Alison ^a   Newton, Helen ^a   Horgan, John H ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; passive smoking; secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0036801114     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182670200900507     Document Type: Article

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