Work experiences and tobacco use: Findings from the gear up for health study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Quintiliani, Lisa ^a,b   Pereira, Lesley ^a   Yang, May ^c   Stoddard, Anne ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449088120     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31818f69f8     Document Type: Article

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