Two-year impact of the Spanish smoking law on exposure to secondhand smoke: Evidence of the failure of the 'Spanish model'

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-411

  López, Maria J ^a,b,c   Nebot, Manel ^a,b,c   Schiaffino, Anna ^d   Pérez Ríos, Mónica ^d   Fu, Marcela ^e,f   Ariza, Carles ^a,b,c   Muñoz, Gloria ^a   Fernández, Esteve ^e,f  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d Ajuntament de Terrassa ^*  (Spain)

^e Institut Català d9Oncologia IDIBELL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NICOTINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SMOKING; SPAIN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84863774810     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.042275     Document Type: Article

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