Attitudes towards electronic cigarettes regulation in indoor workplaces and selected public and private places: A population-based cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b,c   Ballbé, Montse ^a,d,e   Fu, Marcela ^a,d   Martín Sánchez, Juan C ^b   Gottlieb, Mark ^c   Saltó, Esteve ^d,f   Vardavas, Constantine I ^g   Daynard, Richard ^c   Connolly, Gregory N ^g   Fernández, Esteve ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL; SMOKING REGULATION; SPAIN; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORKPLACE; ATTITUDE; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SPAIN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84926288870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114256     Document Type: Article

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