Low-cost air quality monitoring methods to assess compliance with smoke-free regulations: A multi-center study in six lowand middle-income countries

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1258-1264

  Jackson Morris, Angela ^a   Bleymann, Kayleigh ^a   Lyall, Elaine ^b   Aslam, Fouad ^a   Bam, Tara Singh ^a   Chowdhury, Ishrat ^a   Daouda, Elhadj Adam ^a   Espinosa, Mariana ^a   Romo, Jonathan ^a   Singh, Rana J ^a   Semple, Sean ^b,c  

^a The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY MONITORINGMETHOD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BAR; CAFE; CATERING SERVICE; CHAD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOTEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PHENOMENA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MEXICO; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POVERTY; RESTAURANTS; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84964959507     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv290     Document Type: Article

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