Physical activity at work contributes little to patient care workersê weekly totals

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Umukoro, Peter E ^a   Arias, Oscar E ^a   Stoffel, Sonja D ^b,c   Hopcia, Karen ^d,e   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,f   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAMOSUN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; SELF REPORT; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84890565192     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000046     Document Type: Article

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