Assessment of environmental tobacco smoke exposure of Finnish restaurant workers, using 3-ethenylpyridine as marker

Indoor Air

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 394-403

  Kuusimaki L ^a,b   Peltonen, K ^c   Vainiotalo, S ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Tikkurila Oy   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

3 ethenylpyridine; ETS; Hospitality industry; Nicotine; Passive monitoring

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; NICOTINE; SMOKE;

3-ETHENYLPYRIDINE; AIR SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES; ETS; FINNISH; HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PASSIVE MONITORING; RESTAURANT WORKERS; WORKERS';

TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34548755541     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2007.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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