Exposure to tobacco smoke among asthmatic children: Parents' smoking habits and level of education

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-280

  Radic, S D ^a   Gvozdenovic, B S ^b   Pesic, I M ^c   Zivkovic, Z M ^a   Skodric Trifunovic, V ^c  

^a Children's Hospital for Respiratory Diseases and TB   (Serbia)

^b AbCRO Inc Serbia   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Environmental tobacco smoke; Parents' education

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERBIA; SKIN TEST; SMOKING HABIT; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 78651439233     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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