"thinking on your feet": A qualitative evaluation of sit-stand desks in an Australian workplace

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Grunseit, Anne Carolyn ^a   Chau, Josephine Yuk Yin ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Hidde Pieter ^a,b   Bauman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84876162901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-365     Document Type: Article

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