Effect of Uruguay's National 100% Smokefree Law on Emergency Visits for Bronchospasm

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-88

  Kalkhoran, Sara ^a   Sebrié, Ernesto M ^b   Sandoya, Edgardo ^c,d   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Centro Para la Investigación de la Epidemia de Tabaquismo   (Uruguay)

^d CLAEH Medical School   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METERED DOSE INHALER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING BAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URUGUAY; AMBULATORY CARE; BRONCHIAL SPASM; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; URUGUAY;

EID: 84932192167     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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