Smoking prevalence, behaviour and nicotine addiction among coal workers in Zonguldak, Turkey

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Unalacak, Murat ^a   Altin, Remzi ^b   Kart, Levent ^b   Tor, Meltem ^b   Örnek, Tacettin ^b   Altunel, Hisar ^c  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Coal Company Health Station   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest X ray abnormalities; Coal workers; Smoking cessation; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COAL MINING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COAL MINING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TURKEY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4143101252     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.289     Document Type: Article

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