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Respiratory symptoms due to active and passive smoking in junior secondary school students in Hong Kong

Author(s) -

TH Lam,

Siu Fung Chung,

Chit Ming Wong,

A J Hedley

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.1.41

Subject(s) - medicine , passive smoking , respiratory system , physical therapy , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health

Evidence on respiratory symptoms due to smoking and passive smoking in children is mainly derived from studies in Western countries. Evidence from the East was required to support stronger tobacco control policy in Asia. This study aimed to analyse the relationship between respiratory symptoms and smoking status in junior secondary students and between respiratory symptoms and family smoking in never-smoking students.

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