Assess workers' needs and preferences first before planning a physical fitness programme: Findings from a polytechnic institute in Singapore

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Wong, M L ^a,c   Koh, D ^a   Lee, M H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age; Cholesterol; Gender; Leisure time physical activity; Sickness absence; Stress; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOGGING; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031973048     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.1.37     Document Type: Article

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