The impact of surveillance on weight change and predictors of change in a population-based firefighter cohort

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 961-968

  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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; FIREFIGHTERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84865490588     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825296e0     Document Type: Article

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