Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: Evidence from 15 low and middle income countries

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-53

  Nazar, Gaurang P ^a,b   Lee, John Tayu ^c   Glantz, Stanton A ^d   Arora, Monika ^a   Pearce, Neil ^b   Millett, Christopher ^c,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e South Asia Network for Chronic Diseases (SANCD)   (India)

Author keywords

GATS; Low and middle income countries; Secondhand smoke; Smoke free policy; Tobacco; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING BAN; URUGUAY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892443575     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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