The impact of an employee wellness programme in clothing/textile manufacturing companies: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Edries, Naila ^a   Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   Maart, Soraya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Employee wellness; Musculo skeletal disorders; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CLOTHING; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TEXTILE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CLOTHING; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONS; PAMPHLETS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; TEXTILES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872137581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-25     Document Type: Article

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