Health behavior change among office workers: An exploratory study to prevent repetitive strain injuries

Work

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-224

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Els R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Health behavior change; Office workers; Repetitive strain injury; Self efficacy; Wellness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OFFICE WORKER; PAIN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 10044274499     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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