The impact of Finnish tobacco legislation on restaurant workers’ exposure to tobacco smoke at work

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 724-730

  Reijula, Jere P ^a   Reijula, Kari E ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Impact; occupation; restaurants; tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649303694     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810379168     Document Type: Article

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