Secondhand smoke concentrations in hospitality venues in the pacific basin: Findings from American Samoa, commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2881-2885

  King, Brian A ^a   Dube, Shanta R ^a   Ko, Jean Y ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Health policy; Public smoking bans; Secondhand smoke; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863308789     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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