Workplace tobacco control: The nexus of public and occupational health

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 817-819

  Smith, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70649093027     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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