The impact of clean indoor air exemptions and preemption policies on the prevalence of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen among nonsmoking bar and restaurant workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1457-1463

  Stark, Michael J ^a   Rohde, Kristen ^a   Maher, Julie E ^a   Pizacani, Barbara A ^a   Dent, Clyde W ^a   Bard, Ronda ^a   Carmella, Steven G ^b   Benoit, Adam R ^b   Thomson, Nicole M ^b   Hecht, Stephen S ^b  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANOL; 4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; 4-(N-METHYL-N-NITROSAMINO)-1-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-BUTANONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; NITROSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; WORKER; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROSAMINES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OREGON; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTAURANTS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 34548050856     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.094086     Document Type: Article

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