Smoking restrictions in the home and secondhand smoke exposure among primary schoolchildren before and after introduction of the Scottish smokefree legislation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-415

  Akhtar, P C ^a   Haw, S J ^b   Currie, D B ^a   Zachary, R ^c   Currie, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SALIVA; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 70349866499     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.030627     Document Type: Article

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