Assessment of environmental tobacco smoke and respirable suspended particle exposures for nonsmokers in Hong Kong using personal monitoring

Environment International

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 851-870

  Phillips, K ^a   Howard, D A ^a   Bentley, M C ^a   Atvan G ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH RISKS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE (ETS); RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICLE (RSP);

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

3 VINYLPYRIDINE; COTININE; NICOTINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0032213302     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(98)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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