Eating habits, health status, and concern about health: A study among 1641 employees in the German metal industry

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 295-301

  Reime, Birgit ^a   Novak, Peter ^a   Born, Jürgen ^a   Hagel, Elisabeth ^a   Wanek, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concern about health; Eating habits; Metal industry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH PAIN; WORKER;

EID: 0034080998     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0647     Document Type: Article

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