Health promotion in the workplace: Comparison of the experiences of Taiwan and other countries

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-281

  Fan, Kuo Tung ^a,b   Yen, Lee Lan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Longcyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employee; Empowerment; Health promotion; Safety and health; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849090310     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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