Social influences on smoking in American workers: The role of the presence of smokers in the workplace and in the home

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-107

  Holahan, Carole K ^a   Holahan, Charles J ^a   Li, Xiaoyin ^a   Jung, Sooin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Health focus: Smoking control; Health promotion; Home; Manuscript format: Research; Outcome measure: Behavioral; Prevention research; Research purpose: Modeling relationship testing; Setting: Workplace; Strategy: Policy; Study design: Nonexperimental; Target population age: Adults; Target population circumstances: Employed men and women; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84887243817     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.120604-ARB-283     Document Type: Article

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