The relationship between job stress and body mass index using longitudinal data from Canada

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 807-815

  Azagba, Sunday ^a   Sharaf, Mesbah F ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Job stress; Panel data; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869214022     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0348-y     Document Type: Article

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