Health promoting factors in public work places

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-44

  Fjell, Ylva ^a,b,c   Alexanderson, Kristina ^b   Bildt, Carina ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Health promotion; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449091831     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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