Employee and employer support for workplace-based smoking cessation: Results from an international survey

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Halpern, Michael T ^a   Taylor, Humphrey ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Harris Interactive ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Occupational health services; Smoking cessation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78650655720     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L10075     Document Type: Article

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