The New York City Smoke-Free Air Act: Second-hand smoke as a worker health and safety issue

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-195

  Chang, Christina ^a   Leighton, Jessica ^a   Mostashari, Farzad ^a   McCord, Colin ^a   Frieden, Thomas R ^a  

^a NY City Dept of Hlth/Mental Hyg   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Second hand smoke; Smoke free laws; Smoke free workplaces; Smoking; Smoking bans; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PASSIVE SMOKING; REVIEW; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC OPINION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4043181373     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20030     Document Type: Review

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