Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-303

  Alkhajah, Taleb A ^a   Reeves, Marina M ^a   Eakin, Elizabeth G ^a   Winkler, Elisabeth A H ^a   Owen, Neville ^a   Healy, Genevieve N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; STANDING; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865677983     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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