School absenteeism among children living with smokers

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 650-656

  Levy, Douglas E ^a,b   Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a,b,c   Rigotti, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Economic burden; School aged children; Secondhand smoke

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR INFECTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOMITING;

EID: 80053505813     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1067     Document Type: Article

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