2006
Comparison of parental reports of smoking and residential air nicotine concentrations in children
Gehring U, Leaderer B, Heinrich J, Oldenwening M, Giovannangelo M, Nordling E, Merkel G, Hoek G, Bellander T, Brunekreef B. Comparison of parental reports of smoking and residential air nicotine concentrations in children. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2006, 63: 766. PMID: 16912089, PMCID: PMC2077986, DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir nicotine concentrationsEnvironmental tobacco smokeUrinary cotinine measurementsNicotine concentrationsETS exposureResidential exposureCotinine measurementsPredictive valueAir nicotine levelsUrinary cotinine levelsUrinary cotinine concentrationsChildren's residential exposureQuestionnaire reportsDose-response fashionResidential ETS exposureNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueAir nicotineCotinine levelsCotinine concentrationsSymptomatic childrenOccasional smokersSymptom statusTobacco smokeNicotine levels
1995
The accuracy of environmental tobacco smoke exposure measures among asthmatic children
Emerson J, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Hofstetter C, Wahlgren D, Leaderer B, Meltzer E. The accuracy of environmental tobacco smoke exposure measures among asthmatic children. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1995, 48: 1251-1259. PMID: 7561987, DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00021-u.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidential ETS exposureETS exposureAsthmatic childrenParent-report measuresEnvironmental tobacco smoke exposureResidential exposureUrine cotinine assayTobacco smoke exposureChildren's residential exposureTest-retest reliability assessmentSmoke exposureCotinine assaysHome exposureEpidemiological investigationsClinical programsExposure measuresConstruct validity testParent reportExposureDiscriminant validityChildrenReportNicotineMeasures
1994
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