Job stress and other working conditions: Relationships with smoking behaviors in a representative sample of working australians

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 584-596

  Radi, Samia ^a,b,c   Ostry, Aleck ^d   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Effort reward imbalance; Job presssure; Job strain; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34547795257     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20492     Document Type: Article

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