Exposure of casino employees to environmental tobacco smoke

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-276

  Trout, Douglas ^a   Decker, John ^a   Mueller, Charles ^a   Bernert, John T ^b   Pirkle, James ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DUST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0031888039     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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