A qualitative examination of the role of small, rural worksites in obesity prevention

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Escoffery, Cam ^a   Kegler, Michelle C ^a   Alcantara, Iris ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b   Glanz, Karen ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Langdale Industries Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84863883895     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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