Residual tobacco smoke in used cars: Futile efforts and persistent pollutants

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1029-1036

  Fortmann, Addie L ^a   Romero, Romina A ^a   Sklar, Marisa ^b   Pham, Viet ^b   Zakarian, Joy ^a   Quintana, Penelope J E ^a   Chatfield, Dale ^b   Matt, Georg E ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 77957744919     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq144     Document Type: Article

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