Secondhand smoke exposure in hospitality venues in Europe

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1469-1472

  Lopez, Maria J ^a,b,c   Nebot, Manel ^a,c,d   Albertini, Marco ^e   Birkui, Pierre ^f   Centrich, Francesc ^a   Chudzikova, Monika ^g   Georgouli, Maria ^h   Gorini, Giuseppe ⁱ   Moshammer, Hanns ^j   Mulcahy, Maurice ^k   Pilali, Maria ^h   Serrahima, Eulalia ^a   Tutka, Piotr ^l   Fernandez, Esteve ^m,n  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e Centro Regionnale di Riferimento per la Prevenzione   (Italy)

^f Office Français de Prévention du Tabagisme OFT   (France)

^g Laboratory Agency of Public Health ^*  (Slovakia)

^h Hellenic Cancer Society Athens   (Greece)

ⁱ Tuscan Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^m BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Europe; Hospitality sector; Passive smoking; Secondhand smoke; Vapor phase nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; IRELAND; ITALY; LAW; LEISURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; VAPOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; RESTAURANTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 58849090945     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11374     Document Type: Article

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