Does job strain mediate the effect of socioeconomic group on smoking behaviour? The impact of different health policies in Denmark and Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 598-606

  Andersen, Ingelise ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Rasmussen, Niels Kr ^b   Ostergren P O ^c   Carlsson, Frida ^d   Grahn, Mathias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Denmark; health policy; job strain; smoking; socio economic group; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 49849106233     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808090090     Document Type: Article

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