Does workplace social capital buffer the effects of job stress? A cross-sectional, multilevel analysis of cigarette smoking among U.S. manufacturing workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 740-750

  Sapp, Amy L ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Lamontagne, Anthony D ^c   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Dana Farber Cancer Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954954735     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e80842     Document Type: Article

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