Second-year results of an obesity prevention program at the dow chemical company

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-302

  Goetzel, Ron Z ^a   Roemer, Enid C ^a   Pei, Xiaofei ^b   Short, Meghan E ^b   Tabrizi, Maryam J ^b   Wilson, Mark G ^c   Dejoy, David M ^c   Craun, Beth A ^d   Tully, Karen J ^d   White, John M ^d   Baase, Catherine M ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77949484468     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181d46f0b     Document Type: Article

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