Understandings of health: How individual perceptions of health affect health promotion needs in organizations

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 330-336

  Ness, Pat ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; REVIEW;

EID: 0030753704     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507999704500702     Document Type: Review

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