Reduced exposure to secondhand smoke at casinos in Puerto Rico after the implementation of a workplace smoking ban in 2007: A pre-post design

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Marín, Heriberto A ^a   Díaz Toro, Elba C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Casinos; Cotinine; Particulate matter; Seconhand smoke; Workplace smoking ban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PUERTO RICO; SANITATION; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUERTO RICO; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 82155163868     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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