Quality of life and smoking among industrial workers in Greece

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-50

  Rachiotis, G ^a,c   Behrakis, P K ^a   Vasiliou, M ^a   Yfantopoulos, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Industrial worker; Quality of life; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING;

EID: 34547719580     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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