Smoke-free homes and workplaces of a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2015, Pages S33-S38

  Thomas, David P ^a   Panaretto, Kathryn S ^b   Stevens, Matthew ^a   Bennet, Pele T ^c   Borland, Ron ^d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; SAMPLING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930159621     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00876     Document Type: Article

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