Who comes to a workplace health risk assessment?

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-334

  Dobbins, Timothy A ^b   Simpson, Judy M ^b   Oldenburg, Brian ^b   Owen, Neville ^a   Harris, David ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Demographics; Health behaviors; Health promotion; Management support; Risk appraisal; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032458047     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0504_6     Document Type: Article

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