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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 71 avhandlingar innehållade orden tobacco smoke.
1. A Zero-vision for Children’s Tobacco Smoke Exposure : Tobacco prevention in Child Health Care
Sammanfattning : Adverse health effects in children caused by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are well known. Children are primarily exposed by their parents’ smoking in their homes. LÄS MER
2. Promoting health in adolescents : preventing the use of tobacco
Sammanfattning : There is a robust evidence base for the negative health effects from smoking. Smoking is linked to severe morbidity and to mortality, and kills up to half of its regular users. LÄS MER
3. Towards a tobacco-free generation. A study on the tobacco habits of adolescents: when, why and who?
Sammanfattning : Why adolescents are using tobacco is a large and complex issue. There are factors on society, group and individual levels that affect the youngsters. The norms and attitudes in their surrounding, as well as the tobacco habits of parents and friends, are important when it comes to affecting adolescents to start using tobacco or abstain from it. LÄS MER
4. Passive Smoking in Children : The Importance of Parents’ Smoking and Use of Protective Measures
Sammanfattning : Passive smoking has been recognised as a health hazard, and chidren are especially vulnerable. The general aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse the importance of parents’ smoking and smoking behaviour for children’s tobacco smoke exposure. LÄS MER
5. Epidemiological studies of asthma and allergic diseases in teenagers : methodological aspects and tobacco use
Sammanfattning : Parental reports are often used in studies of asthma and allergic diseases in children. A change in respondent from parent to index subject usually occurs during adolescence. Little is known about the effects this change in method might have on the outcomes of a longitudinal study. LÄS MER