Effect of smoke-free home and workplace policies on second-hand smoke exposure levels in children: An evidence summary

Pediatric Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-403

  Kabir, Zubair ^a,b   Alpert, Hillel R ^b   Goodman, Patrick G ^a,c   Haw, Sally ^d   Behm, Ilan ^b   Connolly, Gregory N ^b   Gupta, Prakash C ^e   Clancy, Luke ^a  

^a TobaccoFree Research Institute   (Ireland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

children; home; second hand smoke; smoke free policy; workplace

Indexed keywords

COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CONTROL; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956065742     PISSN: 17455111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/phe.10.41     Document Type: Review

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