Assessment of secondhand smoke in international airports in Thailand, 2013

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 532-535

  Kungskulniti, Nipapun ^a,b   Charoenca, Naowarut ^a,b   Peesing, Jintana ^c   Trangwatana, Songwut ^c   Hamann, Stephen ^c   Pitayarangsarit, Siriwan ^c   Chitanondh, Hatai ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology   (Thailand)

^c Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center   (Thailand)

^d Thailand Health Promotion Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRPORT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; THAILAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; THAILAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84944745213     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051313     Document Type: Article

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