Workplace secondhand smoke exposure in the U.S. trucking industry

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Chiu, Yueh Hsiu ^a   Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Garshick, Eric ^b,c   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Hammond, S Katharine ^d   Laden, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal sampling; Secondhand smoke; Self reported exposure; Smoking policy; Trucking industry; Vapor phase nicotine; Workplace exposure

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; VAPOR; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NICOTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77149151207     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900892     Document Type: Article

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