Secondhand smoke exposures in indoor public places in seven Asian countries

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 348-351

  Lee, Jiyeon ^a   Lim, Soogil ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^a   Guo, Xinbiao ^b   Kamath, Ramachandra ^c   Yamato, Hiroshi ^d   Abas, Adinegara L ^e   Nandasena, Sumal ^f   Nafees, Asaad A ^g   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^h  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f National Institute of Health Sciences   (Sri Lanka)

^g AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian countries; Indoor; Public places; Secondhand smoke (SHS); Smoke free policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955266666     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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