Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and prevalence of asthma among adolescents in a middle eastern country

• Main Authors: Hussain Booalayan (Author), Mosa Abdualrasool (Author), Saad Al-Shanfari (Author), Abdulwahab Boujarwa (Author), Abdullah Al-Mukaimi (Author), Omar Alkandery (Author), Saeed Akhtar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is increasing evidence linking environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at homes to the development of asthma among adolescents. Few studies have addressed this issue in the Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait. Therefore, this cross-sectional study assessed the prev...