Predictors of smoke-free workplaces by employee characteristics: Who is left unprotected?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-202

  Delnevo, Cristine D ^a   Hrywna, Mary ^a   Lewis, M Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Environmental tobacco smoke; Policies; Tobacco; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALARY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4043100564     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20041     Document Type: Article

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