Passive smoking in children: Facts and public health implications

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 74-87

  El Ansari, Walid ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; CREATININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; URINE LEVEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTININE; CREATININE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4444381228     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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