Factors increasing the risk of inactivity among administrative, technical, and manual workers in Warszawa public institutions

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-294

  Biernat, Elzbieta ^a  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Administrative; Manual workers; Physical activity; Prevention; Technical

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; RISK; STAFF; WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLAND; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POLAND; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84951943653     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: 1896494X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00194     Document Type: Article

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