Smoking behavior in trucking industry workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1013-1020

  Jain, Nitin B ^a,b   Hart, Jaime E ^a,c   Smith, Thomas J ^c   Garshick, Eric ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^a,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry; Occupational health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRIVER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 33845251155     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20399     Document Type: Article

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