Clean Indoor Air Acts reduce the burden of adverse cardiovascular outcomes

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-285

  Lippert, W C ^a   Gustat, J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cessation; Prevalence; Public policy; Second hand smoke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858796621     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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