Lifetime exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among urban women: Differences by socioeconomic class

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1040-1047

  Curtin, François ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Bernstein, Martine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Occupational exposure; Prevalence; Smoking; Social class; Tobacco smoke pollution; Women

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOBACCO; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; LIFESPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

GENEVA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032401974     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009580     Document Type: Article

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