Exposure to secondhand smoke in Italian non-smokers 5 years after the Italian smoking ban

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 707-712

  Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b   Gallus, Silvano ^c   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^d   Colombo, Paolo ^e   Fernández, Esteve ^a,b   Manzari, Marco ^f   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c,g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866985850     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr156     Document Type: Article

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