Using a new, Low-Cost air quality sensor to quantify Second-Hand smoke (SHS) levels in homes

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-158

  Semple, Sean ^a,b   Ibrahim, Azmina Engku ^a   Apsley, Andrew ^a   Steiner, Markus ^a   Turner, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84923259285     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051188     Document Type: Article

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