Do indoor smoke-free laws provide bar workers with adequate protection from secondhand smoke?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 245-247

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Bondy, Susan ^a   Ferrence, Roberta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation studies; Health policy; Legislation; Occupational exposure; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RESTAURANTS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349279902     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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