The cost-effectiveness of work-site wellness programs for hypertension control, weight loss, and smoking cessation

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 962-970

  Erfurt, John C ^a   Foote, Andrea ^a   Heirich, Max A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0026055769     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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