Occupational factors associated with 4-year weight gain in Australian adults

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 977-981

  Magee, Christopher A ^a,b   Caputi, Peter ^a,b   Stefanic, Natalie ^a,b   Iverson, Don C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Fac of Hlth and Behav Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKING TIME;

EID: 77957982445     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f26e72     Document Type: Article

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