The economic burden of exposure to secondhand smoke for child and adult never smokers residing in U.S. public housing

Public Health Reports

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 230-244

  Mason, Jacquelyn ^a   Wheeler, William ^a,b   Brown, Mary Jean ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COTININE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOUSING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933074296     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491513000310     Document Type: Article

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