Increases in body mass index and waist circumference as outcomes of working overtime

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-173

  Nakamura, K ^a   Shimai, S ^b   Kikuchi, S ^b   Takahashi, H ^b   Tanaka, M ^b   Nakano, S ^b   Motohashi, Y ^c   Nakadaira, H ^b   Yamamoto, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; BMI; Body weight; Eating habits; Lifestyle; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EATING HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREVALENCE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031919540     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.3.169     Document Type: Article

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