Secondhand smoke assessment in the first African country adopting a comprehensive smoke-free law (Mauritius)

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1024-1026

  López, María José ^a,b,c   Burhoo, Premduth ^d   Moussa, Leelmanee ^d   Nebot, Manel ^a,b,c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d Powder Mill   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Africa; Environmental nicotine; PM2.5; Secondhand smoke; Smoking law

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIAMETER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGULATORY APPROACH; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SMOKE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; LAW; MAURITIUS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 80755146108     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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