Prospective effect of job strain on general and central obesity in the Whitehall II Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 828-837

  Brunner, Eric J ^a   Chandola, Tarani ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Employment; Obesity; Prospective studies; Stress

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947231025     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk058     Document Type: Article

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