Health behaviors and occupational stress of Brazilian civil servants living in an urban center

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Goston, Janaina Lavalli ^a,b   Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira ^a,b,c,f   de Souza Andrade, Amanda Cristina ^a,d   Vlahov, David ^e  

^a Observatory for Urban Health/Epidemiology Research Group (OSUBH/GPE)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UFMG   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Belo Horizonte Observatory for Urban Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Exercise; Health behaviors; Job strain; Lifestyle; Nutrition; Overweight; Smoking; Stress; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871588604     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22004     Document Type: Article

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