The association between shift duty and abnormal eating behavior among nurses working in a major hospital: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1021-1027

  Wong, Hidy ^a   Wong, Martin C S ^a   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Lee, Albert ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abnormal eating behavior; Emotional eating; External eating; Nurses; Restraint eating; Shift duty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953612076     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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