The effects of a health promotion-health protection intervention on behavior change: The wellworks study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1685-1690

  Sorensen, Glorian ^a,e   Stoddard, Anne ^b   Hunt, Mary Kay ^a   Hebert, James R ^c   Ockene, Judith K ^c   Avrunin, Jill Spitz ^b   Himmelstein, Jay ^c   Hammond, S Katharine ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; EATING HABIT; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

EID: 0031769850     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.11.1685     Document Type: Article

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