Exhaled carbon monoxide level as an indicator of cigarette consumption in a workplace cessation program in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-213

  Hung, Jane ^a   Lin, Ching Hua ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Exhaled carbon monoxide; Smoking cessation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; TAIWAN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644528778     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60307-7     Document Type: Article

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