Relationship between basic protective health behaviours and health related quality of life in Greek urban hospital employees

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 341-347

  Tountas, Yannis ^a   Manios, Yannis ^b   Dimitrakaki, Christine ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Health behaviors; Health related Quality of Life; Healthy adults; Hospital employees

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; URBAN AREA;

EID: 38649126393     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-007-6079-9     Document Type: Article

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