Measurement of fine particles and smoking activity in a statewide survey of 36 California Indian casinos

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-41

  Jiang, Ru O Ting ^a   Cheng, Ka I Chung ^a   Acevedo Bolton, Viviana ^a   Klepeis, Neil E ^a   Repace, James L ^b,c   Ott, Wayne R ^a   Hildemann, Lynn M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Repace Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

casino; indoor air pollution; particulate matter; PM2.5; secondhand smoke; smoking activity

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 78650608948     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.75     Document Type: Article

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