Step Ahead. A Worksite Obesity Prevention Trial Among Hospital Employees

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Lemon, Stephenie C ^a   Zapka, Jane ^b   Li, Wenjun ^a   Estabrook, Barbara ^a   Rosal, Milagros ^a   Magner, Robert ^a   Andersen, Victoria ^a   Borg, Amy ^a   Hale, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049122646     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.08.028     Document Type: Article

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