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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 4, 2007 - Issue 4
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Indoor Air Quality in Restaurants With and Without Designated Smoking Rooms

Sheryl Milz Department of Public Health & Homeland Security, University of Toledo-Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio
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Farhang Akbar-Khanzadeh Department of Public Health & Homeland Security, University of Toledo-Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio
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April Ames Delta Environmental, Inc., Perrysburg, Ohio
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Sara Spino Department of Public Health & Homeland Security, University of Toledo-Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio
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Christopher Tex Department of Public Health & Homeland Security, University of Toledo-Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio
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Kathryn Lanza Department of Public Health & Homeland Security, University of Toledo-Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio
Pages 246-252 | Published online: 31 Oct 2007

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