Total and domain-specific sitting time among employees in desk-based work settings in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-242

  Bennie, Jason A ^a,b   Pedisic, Zeljko ^b,c   Timperio, Anna ^d   Crawford, David ^d   Dunstan, David ^d,e   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Van Uffelen, Jannique ^a   Salmon, Jo ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

employees; epidemiology; physical activity; sitting; workplaces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84930478684     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12293     Document Type: Article

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