Body Mass Index as a Measure of Health Care for Japanese Male Office Workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-19

  Nakanishi, Noriyuki ^a   Nakamura, Koji ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^c   Tatara, Kozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Japan Labor and Welfare Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cross sectional study; Health care level; Health examinations; Japanese men; Office workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012116495     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.42.14     Document Type: Article

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