Effect of lifestyle modification program implemented in the community on workers' job satisfaction

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Ohta, Masanori ^a   Takigami, Chieko ^a   Ikeda, Masaharu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Kitakyushu Tsuyazaki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community based health promotion; Job satisfaction; Lifestyle modification; Refreshment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; WORKER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846867494     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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