Ethical dilemmas and human rights considerations arising from the evaluation of a smoking policy in a health promoting setting

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-275

  Harvey, Harold D ^a   Fleming, Paul ^a   Patterson, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Belfast City Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); Ethics; Health and safety management; Health promotion; Human rights; Passive smoking; Smoking policies; Workplaces

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ETHICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFESTYLE; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; ETHICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; SAFETY; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036745410     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960312021000001023     Document Type: Article

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