Obesity and injury-related absenteeism in a population-based firefighter cohort

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2076-2081

  Poston, Walker S C ^a   Jitnarin, Nattinee ^a   Haddock, C Keith ^a   Jahnke, Sara A ^a   Tuley, Brianne C ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIRE FIGHTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80053244333     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.147     Document Type: Article

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