Exposure to carbon monoxide from second-hand tobacco smoke in Polish pubs

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 220-222

  Goniewicz, Maciej Lukasz ^a   Czogała, Jan ^a   Kośmider, Leon ^a   Koszowski, Bartosz ^a   Zielińska Danch, Wioleta ^a   Sobczak, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Exposure; Passive smoking; Pubs; Second hand tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649125506     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3540     Document Type: Article

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