The relationship between workers self-reported changes in health and their attitudes towards a workplace intervention: Lessons from smoke-free legislation across the UK hospitality industry

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  MacCalman, Laura ^a   Semple, Sean ^b   Galea, Karen S ^a   Van Tongeren, Martie ^a   Dempsey, Scott ^a   Hilton, Shona ^c   Gee, Ivan ^d   Ayres, Jon G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Public Health Intervention; Self Reported Health; Workplace Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; RESTAURANTS; SCOTLAND; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84860321703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-324     Document Type: Article

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