Indoor air pollution (PM2.5) due to secondhand smoke in selected hospitality and entertainment venues of Karachi, Pakistan

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 460-464

  Nafees, Asaad Ahmed ^a   Taj, Tahir ^a   Kadir, Muhammad Masood ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^b   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; LEISURE; PAKISTAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; PAKISTAN; RESTAURANTS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84865277100     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2011.043190     Document Type: Article

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