Active smoking and second-hand-smoke exposure at home among Irish children, 1995-2007

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-45

  Kabir, Z ^a   Manning, P J ^b,c   Holohan, J ^c   Goodman, P G ^d   Clancy, L ^a  

^a Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Asthma Society of Ireland   (Ireland)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 75349101701     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.155218     Document Type: Article

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