Study of secondhand smoke levels pre and post implementation of the comprehensive smoking ban in Mumbai

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-413

  Deshpande, Aditi ^a   Kudtarkar, Priyanka ^a   Dhaware, Dhanashri ^a   Chowgule, Rohini ^a  

^a Indian Institute of Environmental Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; cigarette; hookah; PM 2.5 levels; secondhand smoke; smoking ban; tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956953609     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.69269     Document Type: Article

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