The association between shift work and unhealthy weight: A cross-sectional analysis from the nurses and midwives' e-cohort study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-158

  Zhao, Isabella ^a   Bogossian, Fiona ^a   Song, Sarah ^a   Turner, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 79952244122     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318205e1e8     Document Type: Article

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