An assessment of the relationships between overweight, obesity, related chronic health conditions and worker absenteeism

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Howard, Jeffrey T ^a   Potter, Lloyd B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Obesity related chronic health conditions; Overweight; Worker absenteeism

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894085128     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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