International Consultation on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and Child Health background paper series
A series of background papers related to ETS and Child Health were prepared in advance of the International Consultation on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and Child Health.
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Adverse Health Effects
Synthesis: The Health Effects of Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Children
J.M. Samet, Department of Epidemiology School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
B. Eskenazi, R. Castorina, School of Public Health, University of California,Berkeley
Effects of Maternal and Paternal Smoking on Children's Respiratory Health
D.G. Cook, Department of Public Health Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England.
D.P. Strachan, Department of Public Health Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England.
Effects of Passive Smoking on the Cardiovascular System in Children and Adolescents
S.S. Gidding, Northwestern University Medical School, Children's Memorial Hospital.
Parental Tobacco Smoke and Childhood Cancer
P. Boffetta, Environmental Cancer Epidemiology Unit, International Agency for Research
J. Trédaniel, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France.
A. Greco, University of Lyon, France.
Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Fetal Growth
G. C. Windham, Reproductive Epidemiology Section, Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control, Department of Health Services, Oakland, USA.
Smoking and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
E.A. Mitchell, Associate Professor in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
J. Milerad, Department of Women and Child Health, Astrid Lindgren Children Hospital at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Measurement of Health Impact, Exposure and Economic Impact
Children's Exposure to Passive Smoking: Survey Methodology and Monitoring Trends
Martin J Jarvis, ICRF Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College of London, London, UK.
The Costs of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS): An International Review
E. Kathleen Adams, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA.
Cathy Melvin, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control, USA.
Rob Merritt, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control, USA.
Brenda Worrall, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Properties, Measurement Techniques and Applications
W.S. Rickert, LABSTAT INTERNATIONAL Inc, Ontario, Canada
Interventions to Eliminate Exposure
W. Long, Office of Air and Radiation, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., USA
Risk Communication, Children's Health, and Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Vincent T. Covello, Center for Risk Communication, New York, USA.
Risk Perception and Communication: Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Child Health
William Leiss, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
Theories of Behavior Change in Relation to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control to Protect Children
Ron Borland, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Anti Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia.