Association between smoke-free workplace and second-hand smoke exposure at home in India

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 308-312

  Lee, John Tayu ^a   Agrawal, Sutapa ^b   Basu, Sanjay ^c   Glantz, Stanton A ^c   Millett, Christopher ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902513796     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050817     Document Type: Article

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