Reduction of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Among Asthmatic Children: A Controlled Trial
Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Wahlgren D, Emerson J, Hofstetter C, Leaderer B, Meltzer E, Zeiger R, O’Connor R, Mulvihill M, Atkins C. Reduction of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Among Asthmatic Children: A Controlled Trial. CHEST Journal 1994, 106: 440-446. PMID: 7774317, DOI: 10.1378/chest.106.2.440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment control groupEnvironmental tobacco smokeETS exposureControl groupAsthma symptomsChildren's ETS exposureChildren's asthma symptomsExperimental groupMonitoring control groupBehavioral medicine programRepeated-measures analysisAllergy clinicClinical trialsOutcome measuresTobacco smokeExposure reportsChildren's exposureMonitoring groupCounseling sessionsPercent decreaseMedicine programsCounseling groupDaily numberExposureCigarettes