Feasibility of measuring tobacco smoke air pollution in homes: Report from a pilot study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15129-15142

  Rosen, Laura ^a   Zucker, David ^b   Hovell, Melbourne ^c   Brown, Nili ^a   Ram, Amit ^a   Myers, Vicki ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality (AQ); Children s health; Environmental exposure; Environmental monitoring; Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); Particulate matter (PM); Respirable suspended particles (RSP); Secondhand smoke (SHS); Smoke free homes; Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE)

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NICOTINE; PARENTS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT PROJECTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84949256791     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121214970     Document Type: Article

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