Why are Turkish children at risk of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in their homes?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 467-472

  Gursoy, Safak Taner ^a   Soyer, Meral Turk ^a   Ocek, Zeliha ^a   Ciceklioglu, Meltem ^a   Aksu, Feride ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Interview research; Passive smoking; Turkish children

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650872965     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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