Shift work, job strain and changes in the body mass index among women: A prospective study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 410-416

  Fujishiro, Kaori ^a   Lividoti Hibert, Eileen ^b   Schernhammer, Eva ^b,c   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^d  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

job stress; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIFT WORKER; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84994831781     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103747     Document Type: Article

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