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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 38536 |
| CIS number |
82-1702 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1981 |
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| Author(s) |
Covey L.S., Wynder E.L. |
| Title |
Smoking habits and occupational status |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1981, Vol.23, No.8, p.537-542. Illus. 25 ref. |
| Abstract |
Study conducted to determine the relation between occupational category and smoking habits. Multiple aspects of smoking were taken into consideration: smokers/non-smokers (i.e. never smoked), type of tobacco, previous smoking habits of ex-smokers, amount smoked, age began, tar yield of usual brand smoked. Data were obtained for 1977-1979 on 2,528 patients aged 41-70 hospitalised for diseases not previously linked with tobacco use; 38% of this sample had cancer of a site not previously linked with smoking; 62% had non-cancer conditions. Results: the criteria taken into consideration in analysing smoking habits varied significantly according to occupational category; these variables are not apparent in non-smokers/smokers/number of cigarettes-per-day surveys; there is a higher incidence of smoking intensity in blue-collar than in white-collar occupations; it can be expected that workers in occupations with higher indices of smoking intensity will have higher rates of tobacco-related diseases than those in lower cigarette intensity exposures. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
professional status; morbidity; smoking |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
comparative study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Smoking
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