Smoking and absence from work: Systematic review and meta-analysis of occupational studies

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Weng, Stephen F ^a   Ali, Shehzad ^b   Leonardi Bee, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Meta analysis; Productivity loss; Smoking; Systematic review; Work place

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84872594982     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12015     Document Type: Review

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