Exposure to secondhand smoke in Finnish workplaces and compliance with national smoke-free workplace legislation

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 723-729

  Heloma, Antero ^a   Honkonen, Jarkko ^a   Danielsson, Petri ^a   Helakorpi, Satu ^a   Uutela, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; secondhand smoke; smoking arrangements; tobacco control policy; tobacco smoke pollution; workplace; workplace size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856062950     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811420325     Document Type: Article

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