Work engagement and its association with occupational sitting time: Results from the Stormont study Environmental and occupational health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Munir, Fehmidah ^a   Houdmont, Jonathan ^b   Clemes, Stacy ^a   Wilson, Kelly ^c   Kerr, Robert ^c   Addley, Ken ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Northern Ireland Civil Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Health behavior; Occupational health; Sedentary lifestyle; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938825754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1427-9     Document Type: Article

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