Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children in two districts of the Czech Republic

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Dostál, Miroslav ^a,b   Milcová, Alena ^a,b   Binková, Blanka ^a,b   Kotěšovec, František ^a,b   Nožička, Jiří ^a,b   Topinka, Jan ^a,b   Šrám, Radim J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b Business School Ostrava plc   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Children; Cotinine; Environmental tobacco smoke; Mothers; Smoking; Urine

Indexed keywords

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EID: 45349089443     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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