Association between passive jobs and low levels of leisure-time physical activity: The Whitehall II cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 772-776

  Gimeno, David ^a,b,c   Elovainio, M ^a,d   Jokela, M ^a,e   De Vogli, R ^a   Marmot, M G ^a   Kivimaki M ^a,f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71049124426     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.045104     Document Type: Article

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