Association between job characteristics and health behaviors in Japanese rural workers

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-142

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a,g   Kayaba, Kazunori ^b   Yoshimura, Manabu ^c   Sawada, Machi ^d   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^b   Sakai, Kenichiro ^e   Gotoh, Tadao ^f   Nago, Naoki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Takasu Natl Health Insurance Clinic   (Japan)

^d Agawa Osaki National Health Insurance Clinic   (Japan)

^e Akaike Town Hospital   (Japan)

^f Wara National Health Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^g Tsukude National Health Insurance Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Psychosocial; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VEGETABLE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037642384     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327558IJBM1002_03     Document Type: Article

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