Tobacco use cessation and weight management among motor freight workers: Results of the gear up for health study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2113-2122

  Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Stoddard, Anne ^c   Quintiliani, Lisa ^a,b,d   Ebbeling, Cara ^e   Nagler, Eve ^a,b   Yang, May ^c   Pereira, Lesley ^a   Wallace, Lorraine ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Tobacco use cessation; Weight maintenance; Worksite health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHT LOSS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78751579146     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9630-6     Document Type: Article

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