Parental home smoking policies: The protective effect of having a young child in the household

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 61-63

  Hawkins, Summer Sherburne ^a   Berkman, Lisa ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HOME SAFETY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960571694     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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