Physical activity levels at work and outside of work among commercial construction workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-78

  Arias, Oscar E ^a,b   Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^a   Umukoro, Peter E ^a   Okechukwu, Cassandra A ^b   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a,b,c  

^a CDC   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; OUTSIDE OF WORK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; WORK; ACCELEROMETRY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; EXERCISE; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84921476740     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000303     Document Type: Article

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