Prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoke among higher secondary school students in Ernakulam District, Kerala, Southern India | Zendy

P S Rakesh | Zendy; JishnuSatheesh Lalu | Zendy; K Leelamoni | Zendy

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Prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoke among higher secondary school students in Ernakulam District, Kerala, Southern India

Author(s) -

P S Rakesh,

JishnuSatheesh Lalu,

K Leelamoni

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0976-4879

pISSN - 0975-7406

DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.206220

Subject(s) - medicine , secondhand smoke , environmental health , odds ratio , passive smoking , public health , descriptive statistics , demography , statistics , nursing , mathematics , sociology

The association between secondhand smoke and health outcomes, such as frequent respiratory infections, ischemic heart disease, lung cancer, asthma, and stroke, has long been established. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of secondhand smoking exposure among higher secondary school students in Ernakulam district, Kerala, Southern India.

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