Impact of the prevention plan on employee health risk reduction

Population Health Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 275-284

  Loeppke, Ronald ^a   Edington, Dee W ^b   Bég, Sami ^c  

^a US Preventive Medicine Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c US Preventive Medicine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NEOPLASM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTION PLAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEATBELT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; STRESS; STROKE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957742494     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0027     Document Type: Article

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