Household smoking behaviours and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among infants: Are current strategies effectively protecting our young?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Daly, Justine B ^a,b,c   Wiggers, John H ^a,b,c   Burrows, Sally ^a,b   Freund, Megan ^a,b  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Infants; Smoking restrictions

Indexed keywords

COTININE; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COTININE; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956025660     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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