Prevalence of obesity by occupation among US Workers: The National Health interview survey 2004-2011

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 516-528

  Gu, Ja K ^a   Charles, Luenda E ^a   Bang, Ki Moon ^b   Ma, Claudia C ^a   Andrew, Michael E ^a   Violanti, John M ^c,d   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Surveillance Branch   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900841019     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000133     Document Type: Review

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