Health of the corporate worker: Health risk assessment among staff of a corporate organization in Ghana

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Aidoo, Henry ^a   Essuman, Akye ^b   Aidoo, Phyllis ^a   Yawson, Anita O ^c   Yawson, Alfred E ^b  

^a Michener Park ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Corporate worker; Ghana; Health promotion; Low income setting; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORPORATE WORKER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STAFF; STAFF CATEGORY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84938875644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12995-015-0072-7     Document Type: Article

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