UK smoke-free legislation: Changes in PM 2.5 concentrations in bars in Scotland, England, and Wales

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-280

  Semple, Sean ^a,b   Van Tongeren, Martie ^a,b   Galea, Karen S ^b   MacCalman, Laura ^b   Gee, Ivan ^c   Parry, Odette ^d   Naji, Audrey ^a   Ayres, Jon G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Hospitality sector; Inhalation exposure; Legislation; PM 2.5; Public health; Second hand smoke

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; ENGLAND; FINE PARTICULATES; FULL-SHIFT; HOSPITALITY SECTOR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCOTLAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; SMOKE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; SEASON; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; SEASONS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77950527533     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep094     Document Type: Article

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