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Children living with adult smokers, United States, 2004 /

This Statistical Brief presents estimates of the percentage of children under age 18 at the end of 2004 who lived in families containing at least one adult who was a current smoker. Variations are examined by selected characteristics of the child (asthma status, age, race/ethnicity) and co-residing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Machlin, Steven R.
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors: Hill, Steven C., Liang, Lan
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2006]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #147.
Subjects:
Tobacco > Physiological effect.
Smoking.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution > adverse effects > United States > Statistics.
Child.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102479
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Summary:This Statistical Brief presents estimates of the percentage of children under age 18 at the end of 2004 who lived in families containing at least one adult who was a current smoker. Variations are examined by selected characteristics of the child (asthma status, age, race/ethnicity) and co-residing family (number of adults, poverty status, geographic location of residence, highest adult education level).
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 18, 2008).
"November 2006."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:6 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/18/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st147/stat147.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.