Self-rated health, work characteristics and health related behaviours among nurses in Greece: A cross sectional study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pappas, Noula A ^a   Alamanos, Yannis ^a   Dimoliatis, Ioannis D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKE;

EID: 31544476275     PISSN: 14726955     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-4-8     Document Type: Article

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