Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 10 , Pages 650-656 , October 2009

Active cigarette smoking, secondhand smoke exposure at work and home, and self-rated health

  • A. Nakata

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • M. Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki, Japan
    • ,
  • N.G. Swanson

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
    • ,
  • T. Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Public Health Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Hojou

      Affiliations

    • Ota Regional Occupational Health Centre, Tokyo, Japan

Received 27 August 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.006

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 10 , Pages 650-656 , October 2009

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