Reducing occupational sitting time and improving worker health: The take-a-stand project, 2011

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Pronk, Nicolaas P ^a   Katz, Abigail S ^b   Lowry, Marcia ^a   Payfer, Jane Rodmyre ^a  

^a and JourneyWell ^*

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 84870410172     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110323     Document Type: Article

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