Socioeconomic and demographic differences in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work: The Scania Public Health Survey 2000

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-202

  Moussa, Kontie M ^a   Lindström, Martin ^a   Ostergren P O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

environmental tobacco smoke; inequalities in health; passive smoking; socioeconomic status; workplace exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MANUAL LABOR; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 3543147685     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940310018183     Document Type: Article

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