Secondhand smoke levels in Scottish pubs: The effect of smoke-free legislation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Semple, Scan ^a   Creely, Karen S ^b   Naji, Audrey ^a   Miller, Brian G ^b   Ayres, Jon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 34247547307     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.018119     Document Type: Article

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