Second-hand smoke in public spaces: How effective has partial smoke-free legislation been in Malaysia?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6845-6850

  Abidin, Emilia Zainal ^a   Hashim, Zailina ^a   Semple, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitality spaces; Indoor air pollution; Secondhand smoke; Smoke free legislation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAYSIA; PASSIVE SMOKING; SANITATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALAYSIA; PUBLIC FACILITIES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84892453276     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6845     Document Type: Article

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