Factors related to participatory employee advisory boards in small, blue-collar worksites

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 430-437

  Thompson, Beti ^a,b   Hannon, Peggy A ^a,b   Bishop, Sonia K ^a   West, Briana E ^a   Peterson, Amber K ^a   Beresford, Shirley A A ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue collar; Education; Employee advisory boards; Employee participation; Nutrition; Prevention research; Skill building

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 23044512464     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-19.6.430     Document Type: Article

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