Secondhand smoke and respiratory symptoms among adolescent current smokers

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1306-1310

  Lai, Hak Kan ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Wang, Man Ping ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active smoking; Cough; Passive smoking; Sputum; Tobacco control; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350513678     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0669     Document Type: Article

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