Comparison of indoor air quality in smoke-permitted and smoke-free multiunit housing: Findings from the Boston Housing Authority

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 316-322

  Russo, Elizabeth T ^a   Hulse, Thomas E ^b   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^c   Levy, Douglas E ^d   Bethune, Leon ^a   Kane, John ^e   Reid, Margaret ^a   Shah, Snehal N ^a,f  

^a Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Boston Housing Authority   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING BAN; STANDARDS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BOSTON; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HOUSING; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84939426972     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu146     Document Type: Article

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