Work and Abdominal Obesity Risk

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 17-25

  Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo ^a   Canuto, Raquel ^a   da Silva Garcez, Anderson ^a  

^a University of Vale do Rio Sinos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Job strain; Occupational physical activity; Occupational status; Shift work; Unemployment; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902635675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407869-7.00002-7     Document Type: Chapter

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