Chronic workplace stress and insufficient physical activity: A cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Kouvonen, Anne ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^b,c,d   Oksanen, Tuula ^b   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Väänänen, Ari K P ^b   Heponiemi, Tarja ^e   Salo, Paula ^b,c   Virtanen, Marianna ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,f,g  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COWORKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84871784760     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100808     Document Type: Article

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