Impact of smoking policy on the respiratory health of food and beverage servers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-81

  Dimich Ward, Helen ^a,c   Lawson, Joshua ^b   Hingston, Adrian ^a   Chan Yeung, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Hair nicotine; Hospitality industry; Lung function; Respiratory symptom

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

FOOD INDUSTRY; LEISURE INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CATERING SERVICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TELEPHONE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 14844363115     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.851     Document Type: Article

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