Environmental tobacco smoke of youngsters in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Baška, Tibor ^a   Sovinová, Hana ^b   Németh, Agnes ^c   Prewozniak, Krysztof ^d   Warren, Charles W ^e   Baškova, Martina ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c National Center for Health Promotion and Development   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Environmental tobacco smoke; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33947414872     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-006-6054-x     Document Type: Article

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