Comprehensive smoke-free legislation and displacement of smoking into the homes of young children in Hong Kong

Tobacco Control

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Wang, Man Ping ^a   Lo, Wing Sze ^a   Mak, Kwok Kei ^a   Lai, Hak Kan ^a   Thomas, G Neil ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77954502673     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.032003     Document Type: Article

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