title: Childhood asthma and passive smoking.
abstract: This article reviews the evidence for a link between passive smoking and respiratory disease, especially asthma in children. The author concludes that nurses have an important role to play in teaching parents about the effects of smoking, and highlights the importance of action being taken at government level.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whatling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution