Questionnaire or objective assessment for studying exposure to tobacco smoke among asthmatic and healthy children: The french vesta study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-113

  Callais, F ^a,b   Momas, Isabelle ^a,d   Roche, D ^a,b   Gauvin, S ^c   Reungoat, P ^a   Zmirou, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c School of Medicine   (France)

^d Lab d'Hygiene et de Sante Publique ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental tobacco smoke; Misclassification; Questionnaire; Urinary cotinine

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; COTININE; CREATININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FRANCE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037216931     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1132     Document Type: Article

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