Work-place social capital and smoking cessation: The Finnish Public Sector Study

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1857-1865

  Kouvonen, Anne ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Väänänen, Ari ^b   De Vogli, Roberto ^c   Elovainio, Marko ^d   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Leka, Stavroula ^a   Cox, Thomas ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Multi level analysis; Prospective cohort study; Psychosocial factors; Smoking cessation; Social capital; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC SECTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 54049103583     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02315.x     Document Type: Article

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