Open AccessAir nicotine monitoring for second hand smoke exposure in public places in India
Author(s) -
Jagdish Kaur,
Vikram Prasad
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.84126
Subject(s) - nicotine , smoke , environmental health , environmental science , toxicology , business , medicine , geography , biology , meteorology
Air nicotine monitoring is an established method of measuring exposure to second hand smoke (SHS). Not much research has been done in India to measure air nicotine for the purpose of studying exposure to SHS. It is a risk factor and many diseases are known to occur among non smokers if they are exposed to second hand smoke.