Estimating the cost of a smoking employee

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 428-433

  Berman, Micah ^a   Crane, Rob ^b   Seiber, Eric ^a   Munur, Mehmet ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tsibouris and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; COST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; PENSION; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PENSIONS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84906249790     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050888     Document Type: Article

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