Economic evaluation of a worksite obesity prevention and intervention trial among hotel workers in Hawaii

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Meenan, Richard T ^a   Vogt, Thomas M ^b   Williams, Andrew E ^b   Stevens, Victor J ^a   Albright, Cheryl L ^c   Nigg, Claudio ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 75749097753     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c81af9     Document Type: Article

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