Exposure to tobacco smoke and prevalence of symptoms decreased among Finnish Restaurant workers after the smoke-free law

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Reijula, Jere P ^a,b   Johnsson, Tom S E ^a   Kaleva, P Simo ^a   Reijula, Kari E ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Implementation; Legislation; Occupation; Restaurants; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESTAURANTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 83155176165     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21006     Document Type: Article

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