Secondhand smoke in cars: Assessing children's potential exposure during typical journey conditions

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 578-583

  Semple, Sean ^a,b   Apsley, Andrew ^a   Galea, Karen S ^b   MacCalman, Laura ^b   Friel, Brenda ^c   Snelgrove, Vicki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868148828     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050197     Document Type: Article

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