Smoking practices and risk awareness in parents regarding passive smoke exposure of their preschool children: A cross-sectional study in Tehran

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 228-235

  Shiva, Farideh ^a   Padyab, Mojgan ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Secondhand smoke; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AWARENESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PARENTS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 46849099620     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.41609     Document Type: Article

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