Smoking and sickness absence among public health workers

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-149

  Torres Lana, A ^a   Cabrera de Leon A ^a   Marco Garcia M T ^a   Aguirre Jaime, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Back pain; Healthcare workers; Sickness absence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPAIN; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO; WORKER;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SICK LEAVE; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 13344285263     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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