Reduction of secondhand tobacco smoke in public places following national smoke-free legislation in uruguay

Tobacco Control

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-234

  Blanco Marquizo, Adriana ^a   Goja, Beatriz ^b   Peruga, Armando ^a,c   Jones, Miranda R ^d   Yuan, Jie ^d   Samet, Jonathan M ^d   Breysse, Patrick N ^d   Navas Acien, Ana ^d  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; URUGUAY; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URUGUAY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955234684     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.034769     Document Type: Article

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