Smoky homes: A review of the exposure and effects of secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1213, 2005, Pages

  Thomson, George W ^a   Wilson, Nick A ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 23044432780     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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