Cigarette smoking in building trades workers: The impact of work environment

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-439

  Chin, Dal Lae ^a   Hong, Oisaeng ^a   Gillen, Marion ^a   Bates, Michael N ^b   Okechukwu, Cassandra A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Cigarette smoking; Construction workers; Occupational exposure; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84859749707     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22031     Document Type: Article

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