Workplace social capital and smoking among Chinese male employees: A multi-level, cross-sectional study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 831-836

  Gao, Junling ^a   Nehl, Eric J ^b   Fu, Hua ^a   Jia, Yingnan ^a   Liu, Xingdi ^a   Zheng, Pinpin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Smoking; Social capital; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKPLACE;

CHINA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84887815654     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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