Healthy workplaces? A survey of massachusetts employers

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 390-400

  Tremblay, Patricia A ^a   Nobrega, Suzanne ^b   Davis, Letitia ^c   Erck, Elizabeth ^c   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Stress Work Project   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational Health; Prevention Research; Work Environment; Worksite Health Promotion; Worksite Wellness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKPLACE; UTILIZATION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84882432801     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.110216-QUAN-72     Document Type: Article

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