Health promoting behaviors and factors related to lifestyle among Turkish workers and occupational health nurses' responsibilities in their health promoting activities

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Beşer, Ayşe ^a   Bahar, Zuhal ^a   Büyükkaya, Dilek ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Health promotion; Life style; Occupational health nurses; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TURKEY;

EID: 33846872370     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.151     Document Type: Article

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