Psychosocial work environment factors and weight change: A prospective study among Danish health care workers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gram Quist, Helle ^a   Christensen, Ulla ^b   Christensen, Karl Bang ^b   Aust, Birgit ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Bjorner, Jakob B ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Psychosocial work factors; Weight gain; Weight loss; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872269464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-43     Document Type: Article

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