Attitudes towards second hand smoke amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Pilkington, P A ^a   Gray, S ^a   Gilmore, A B ^b   Daykin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Second hand smoke; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33745654285     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi086     Document Type: Article

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