Job stressors and smoking cessation among Malaysian male employees

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-181

  Yasin, S M ^a,b   Retneswari, M ^b   Moy, F M ^c   Darus, A ^b   Koh, D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Job strain; Physical demand; Smoking cessation; Workplace support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859641836     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs005     Document Type: Article

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