Advancing workplace health protection and promotion for an aging workforce

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 500-506

  Loeppke, Ronald R ^a   Schill, Anita L ^b   Chosewood, L Casey ^b   Grosch, James W ^b   Allweiss, Pamela ^c   Burton, Wayne N ^d   Barnes Farrell, Janet L ^e   Goetzel, Ron Z ^f,g   Heinen, LuAnn ^h,i   Hudson, T Warner ^j   Hymel, Pamela ^k   Merchant, James ^l   Edington, Dee W ^m   Konicki, Doris L ⁿ   Larson, Paul W ^o  

^a US Preventive Medicine Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d AMERICAN EXPRESS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^h Institute on Innovation in Workforce Wellbeing   (United States)

ⁱ National Business Group on Health   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^m Health Management Research Center   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^o Paul Larson Communications   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MANPOWER; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84879148448     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829613a4     Document Type: Article

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