Smoky, and they banned it! Lessons learned from smoking bans and their effects on public health

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 542-543

  Rabinovitch, Nathan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; Asthma; children; public health; second hand smoke; smoking bans

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADVERTIZING; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 50649110296     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.07.016     Document Type: Editorial

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