Gender differences among smokers and quitters in the working well trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-561

  Gritz, Ellen R ^a   Thompson, Beti ^b,d   Emmons, Karen ^c   Ockene, Judith K ^e   McLerran, Dale F ^b,d   Nielsen, Ingrid R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Blue collar; Gender differences; Smoking cessation; Women and smoking; Worksite smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0032127629     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0325     Document Type: Article

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