Physical activity among Dutch workers-differences between occupations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-45

  Proper, Karin I ^a   Hildebrandt, Vincent H ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commuting; Occupational; Physical activity; Working population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 33745364532     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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