Measuring exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS): A developing country's perspective

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 409-414

  Maziak, Wasim ^a,d   Ward, Kenneth D ^a,b   Eissenberg, Thomas ^a,c  

^a SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; ETS; Exposure assessment; Saliva cotinine; Syria

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COTININE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYRIA; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33744913167     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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