Maternal working hours and early childhood overweight in Japan: A population-based study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Mitsuhashi, Toshiharu ^a   Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Takao, Soshi ^a   Doi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Employment; Japan; Mother; Overweight; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864740006     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0100-OA     Document Type: Article

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