Adult smoking as a proxy for environmental tobacco smoke exposure among children - Comparing the impact of the level of information in Estonia, Finland and Latvia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 240-244

  Patja, Kristiina ^a   Hakala, Samu ^b   Prättälä, Ritva ^a   Ojala, Kirstel ^c   Boldo, Elena ^d   Öberg, Mattias ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Statistics Finland ^*  (Finland)

^c Expert on Tobacco Prevention   (Estonia)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental tobacco smoke; Exposure assessment; Parental smoking; Smoking; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LATVIA; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LATVIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROXY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349428345     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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