The healthiest company index: A campaign to promote worksite wellness in South Africa

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-178

  Patel, Deepak ^a   Goetzel, Ron Z ^b,c   Beckowski, Meghan ^c   Milner, Karen ^d   Greyling, Mike ^d   Da Silva, Roseanne ^d   Kolbe Alexander, Tracy ^e   Tabrizi, Maryam J ^c   Nossel, Craig ^a  

^a Discovery Health   (South Africa)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873988796     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182728d61     Document Type: Article

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