Characteristics of participants in a cancer prevention intervention designed for multiethnic workers in small manufacturing worksites

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Hunt, Mary K ^a,d   Stoddard, Anne M ^b   Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^a   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Prevention research; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKPLACE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 35748985301     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-22.1.33     Document Type: Article

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