Physical fitness, BMI and sickness absence in male military personnel

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-256

  Kyröläinen, Heikki ^a   Häkkinen, Keijo ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^b   Santtila, Matti ^c   Pihlainen, Kai ^c   Häkkinen, Arja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Finland MedCare Ltd   (Finland)

^c Personnel Division of the Defence Staff   (Finland)

Author keywords

BMI; Health; Military; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYER; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SOLDIER;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 44949099470     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn010     Document Type: Article

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