Job strain and changes in the body mass index among working women: A prospective study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1395-1400

  Fujishiro, K ^a   Lawson, C C ^a   Hibert, E L ^b   Chavarro, J E ^b,c   Rich Edwards, J W ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; NURSE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPLICATION; CONTROL; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84941169800     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.91     Document Type: Article

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