The effect of a health promotion intervention for construction workers on work-related outcomes: results from a randomized controlled trial

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 789-798

  Viester, Laura ^a   Verhagen, Evert A L M ^a   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,b   van der Beek, Allard J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Health promotion; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Sickness absence; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; WORK;

EID: 84938967039     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-014-1007-9     Document Type: Article

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