Association of workplace chronic and acute stressors with employee weight status: Data from worksites in turmoil

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Fernandez, Isabel Diana ^a   Su, Hayan ^b   Winters, Paul C ^c   Liang, Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 75749093467     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c88525     Document Type: Article

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