Correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among construction laborers and motor freight workers

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 637-647

  Nagler, Eve M ^a   Viswanath, K ^a,b   Ebbeling, Cara B ^c   Stoddard, Anne M ^d   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Cancer prevention; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Intervention development; Work related health factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING WORKER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FATIGUE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; JUNK FOOD; MALE; MOTOR FREIGHT WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING CESSATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; TRANSPORTATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84876482591     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-9998-6     Document Type: Article

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