Non-fatal occupational injury among active and passive smokers in small- and medium-scale manufacturing enterprises in Japan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2452-2463

  Nakata, Akinori ^a,b   Ikeda, Tomoko ^c   Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Haratani, Takashi ^a   Hojou, Minoru ^d   Fujioka, Yosei ^e   Araki, Shunichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Ota Regional Occupational Health Center   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Manufacturing; Occupational injury; Passive smoking; Small and medium scale enterprises; Smoking

Indexed keywords

INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMOKING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SAITAMA; YASHIO;

EID: 33748525915     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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