Worksite Health Promotion. How Much Do We Really Know About What Works?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Goetzel, Ron Z ^a   Pronk, Nicolaas P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; SMOKING CESSATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 74849127506     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.10.032     Document Type: Editorial

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