Household smoking practices of parents with young children, and predictors of poor household smoking practices

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1199-1209

  Mak, Y W ^a   Loke, A Y ^b   Abdullah, A S ^c,d   Lam, T H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Household smoking practices; Smoking parents; Young children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 54349106909     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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