A 32-country comparison of tobacco smoke derived particle levels in indoor public places

Tobacco Control

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Hyland, Andrew ^a   Travers, M J ^a   Dresler, C ^b   Higbee, C ^a   Cummings, K M ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; SANITATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 45149103300     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2007.020479     Document Type: Article

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