Passive smoking and chronic illness in children: Age and gender inequalities, and the fallacy of ‘low-strength’ cigarettes

Chronic Illness

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-91

  El Ansari, Walid ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Interprofessional education; Teamwork interventions

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34848825173     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/17423953050010010701     Document Type: Article

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