Behavioral risk factors for non-communicable disease among factory employees in Faridabad; Haryana

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 175, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Jamatia, Biplab ^a   Anand, K ^b   Kapoor, S K ^b   Pandey, R M ^c  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Centre for Community Medicine   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Diet; Over weight; Physical activity; Risk factor; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; LIPID DIET; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NEOPLASM; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; INDUSTRY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957272470     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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