Household secondhand smoke exposure of elementary schoolchildren in Southern Taiwan and factors associated with their confidence in avoiding exposure: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Hsiao Ling ^a   Yen, Yea Yin ^a   Lin, Pi Li ^b   Chiu, Chin Hsuan ^a   Hsu, Chih Cheng ^c   Chen, Ted ^d   Hu, Chih Yang ^e   Lin, Ya Ying ^f   Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Chen, Fu Li ^g  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LSUHSC School of Public Health   (United States)

^f SHU ZEN JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^g FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Secondhand smoke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84855779530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-40     Document Type: Article

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