Second-hand smoke exposure in a sample of European hospitals

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Fernandez E ^a,b,c   Martinez C ^a,b,c   Fu, M ^a,b,c   Martinez Sanchez J M ^a,b,c   Lopez M J ^c,d   Invernizzie, G ^e   Ouranou, A ^f   Dautzenberg, B ^f   Nebot, M ^a,c,d  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f European Network of Smoke free Hospitals   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Europe; Hospitals; Particles with a 50 cut off aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 m; Second hand smoke; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GERMANY; GREECE; HOSPITAL; LAW; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SPAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 69249157310     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00180708     Document Type: Article

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