Workplace smoking related absenteeism and productivity costs in Taiwan

Tobacco Control

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Tsai, S P ^a   Wen, C P ^b   Hu, S C ^c   Cheng, T Y ^b   Huang, S J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRODUCTIVITY; SALARY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TAIWAN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20444376149     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2003.005561     Document Type: Article

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