A Prospective Study of the Association Between Obesity and Burnout Among Apparently Healthy Men and Women

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-57

  Armon, Galit ^a   Shirom, Arie ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a,b   Shapira, Itzhak ^a,b   Melamed, Samuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

burnout; depression; gender difference; obesity; prospective design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BODY MASS INDEX; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 39049090099     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.13.1.43     Document Type: Article

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