Criteria used to judge obese persons in the workplace

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 859-866

  Popovich, Paula M ^a   Everton, Wendi J ^a   Campbell, Karin L ^a   Godinho, Rhonda M ^a   Kramer, Kevin M ^a   Mangan, Michael R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0031436693     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.859     Document Type: Article

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