Secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking adults in Seoul, Korea

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Hughes, Suzanne C ^a   Corcos, Isabel A ^a   Richard Hofstetter, C ^a,b   Hovell, Melbourne F ^a   Seo, Dong Chul ^c   Irvin, Veronica L ^a   Park, HaeRyun ^d   Paik, Hee Young ^e  

^a Graduate School of Public Health   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Korea; Secondhand smoke; Smoking ban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 59849103908     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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