Does passive smoke exposure trigger acute asthma attack in children?

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 318-323

  Karadag, B ^a,d   Karakoc F ^a   Ceran, O ^b   Ersu, R ^a   Inan, S ^c   Dagli, E ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Cotinine; Passive smoking; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

COTININE; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0742288320     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13055210     Document Type: Article

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