The effect of work environment and heavy smoking on the social inequalities in smoking cessation

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Albertsen, Karen ^a   Hannerz, Harald ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Burr, Hermann ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cessation; Smoking; Social class; Socio economic class; Work environment

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0142243227     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00103-3     Document Type: Article

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