Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among children presenting to the emergency department with acute asthma: A multicenter study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 646-655

  Vargas, Perla A ^a,d   Brenner, Barry ^a   Clark, Sunday ^b   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Children; Emergency medical services; Second hand smoke; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE; NEDOCROMIL; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 34347373872     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20637     Document Type: Article

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