Workplace exposure to secondhand smoke and its association with respiratory symptoms-a cross-sectional study among workers in shanghai

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Zheng, Pinpin ^a   Li, Weixia ^a   Chapman, Simon ^b   Zhang, Zhixing ^c   Gao, Junling ^a   Fu, Hua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Health Inspection Institute of Changning District   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESTAURANTS; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650594596     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.036921     Document Type: Article

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