Incentives and other factors associated with employee participation in health risk assessments

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 863-872

  Taitel, Michael S ^a   Haufle, Vincent ^a   Heck, Debi ^a   Loeppke, Ronald ^a   Fetterolf, Donald ^a  

^a Alere   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 58449111360     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181845fe2     Document Type: Article

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