Passive smoking at work: the short-term cost

被引：32

作者：

McGhee, SM ^{[1
]}

Adab, P ^{[1
]}

Hedley, AJ ^{[1
]}

Lam, TH ^{[1
]}

Ho, LM ^{[1
]}

Fielding, R ^{[1
]}

Wong, CM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Community Med, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH | 2000年 / 54卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1136/jech.54.9.673

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Study objective-To estimate the impact of passive smoking at work on use of health care services and absenteeism. Design-Cross sectional survey. Setting-A workforce in Hong Kong. Participants-5142 never-smoking police officers in a total sample of 9926. Main results-A consistently strong association was found among men between length of time exposed to passive smoking at work and self reported consultations with a doctor, use of medicines and time off work. Results for women were similar but most were not statistically significant. Conclusion-The exposure of healthy adults to passive smoking at work is related to utilisation of health care services and extra time off work. This results in costs to the health services, to employers and to those exposed.

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页码：673 / 676

页数：4

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