Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1199-1209 , November 2008

Household smoking practices of parents with young children, and predictors of poor household smoking practices

  • Y.W. Mak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F William MW Mong Block, LKS Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 852 2819 2628; fax: +1 852 2872 6079.
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  • A.Y. Loke

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • A.S. Abdullah

      Affiliations

    • International Health Department, Boston University, Boston, USA
    • Department of Community Medicine, Centre of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • T.H. Lam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Centre of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 12 May 2007 ,Revised 5 March 2008 ,Accepted 4 April 2008.

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PII: S0033-3506(08)00106-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.004

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1199-1209 , November 2008

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