Effectiveness of smoking cessation advice for asbestos workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-60

  Johnson, Andrew ^a   Farrow, Peter ^a   Jenkins, Roland ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Carpal tunnel release; Occupational; Surgeons' recommendations

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASBESTOS; COUNSELING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 30844437472     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqj001     Document Type: Article

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