Environmental determinants of obesity-associated morbidity risks for truckers

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-138

  Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a,b   Sönmez, Sevil ^a   Shattell, Mona ^a   Belzer, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Commercial road vehicles; Corporate policies; Government policy; Obesity; Occupational health and safety; Regulations; Transportation; Truck drivers; United States of America; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; EATING HABIT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP PATTERN; STROKE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84863964765     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: 1753836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538351211239162     Document Type: Article

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