Second-hand smoke exposure levels and tobacco consumption patterns among a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Ireland

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 467-472

  Kabir, Z ^a   Keogan, S ^b   Clarke, V ^b   Clancy, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Car; Ireland; LGBT; Roll your own; Second hand smoke; Tobacco; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CAR; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HOME; HUMAN; IRELAND; IRISH; LESBIAN; LGBT PEOPLE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLL YOUR OWN CIGARETTE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENDERISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

IRELAND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878417602     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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