Study of the impact of laws regulating tobacco consumption on the prevalence of passive smoking in Spain

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-625

  Jiménez Ruiz, Carlos A ^a,g   Miranda, Juan Antonio Riesco ^b   Hurt, Richard D ^c   Pinedo, Angela Ramos ^d   Reina, Segismundo Solano ^e   Valero, Francisco Carrión ^f  

^a Unidad Especializada en Tabaquismo   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^g NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti smoking regulations; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPAIN; TOBACCO; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESTAURANTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749154596     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn066     Document Type: Article

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