Increasing low income employee participation in a worksite health promotion program: A comparison of three common strategies

Health Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Wong, Yueh Ti ^a   Bauman, Karl E ^b   Koch, Gary G ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029925479     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.1.71     Document Type: Article

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