Association between respiratory tract diseases and secondhand smoke exposure among never smoking flight attendants: a cross-sectional survey
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Association between respiratory tract diseases and secondhand smoke exposure among never smoking flight attendants: a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND Little is known about long-term adverse health consequences experienced by flight attendants exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) during the time smoking was allowed on airplanes. We undertook this study to evaluate the association between accumulated flight time in smoky airplane cabins and respiratory tract diseases in a cohort of never smoking flight attendants. METHODS We conducte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1476-069X
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-6-28