Inner-city adults' knowledge about the effects of cigarette smoking on child health

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-339

  Parker, Margaret ^a   Sharif, Iman ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646865052     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500405     Document Type: Review

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