Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 288-293 , September 2008

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Behaviors of Inner-City Children With Asthma

  • Maria Fagnano, BA, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Maria Fagnano, BA, MPH, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Box 777, Strong Memorial Hospital, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York 14642 .
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  • Kelly M. Conn, MPH
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  • Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH

Received 15 January 2008 ,Accepted 3 April 2008.

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 Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, May 2007.

PII: S1530-1567(08)00084-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.04.002

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 288-293 , September 2008

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