Asthma management and environmental tobacco smoke exposure reduction in Latino children: A controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 946-956

  Hovell, Melbourne F ^a   Meltzer, Susan B ^a   Wahlgren, Dennis R ^a   Matt, Georg E ^a,b   Hofstetter, C Richard ^a   Jones, Jennifer A ^a   Meltzer, Eli O ^c   Bernert, J Thomas ^d   Pirkle, James L ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLERGY AND ASTHMA MEDICAL GROUP AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Coaching; Cotinine; Environmental tobacco smoke; Latino; Passive smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0036844025     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.5.946     Document Type: Article

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