Comparing disparities in the health-promoting lifestyles of Taiwanese workers in various occupations

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-264

  Huang, Shu Ling ^a,b   Li, Ren Hau ^a   Tang, Feng Cheng ^c,d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Workplace Hygiene and Healthcare Center in Central Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Health promoting lifestyle; Occupation; Perceived busyness; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953802908     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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