Excessive occupational sitting is not a “safe system of work”: time for doctors to get chatting with patients

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 138-139

  Straker, Leon ^a   Healy, Genevieve N ^b   Atherton, Rohan ^c   Dunstan, David W ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Atherton Legal   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SITTING; WELLBEING; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84905667429     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.00037     Document Type: Article

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