Integrating health and safety in the workplace: How closely aligning health and safety strategies can yield measurable benefits

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 585-597

  Loeppke, Ronald R ^g   Hohn, Todd ^h   Baase, Catherine ^a   Bunn, William B ^b   Burton, Wayne N ^c   Eisenberg, Barry S ^d   Ennis, Trish ^e   Fabius, Raymond ^f   Hawkins, R Jack ^g   Hudson, T Warner ⁱ   Hymel, Pamela A ^j   Konicki, Doris ^k   Larson, Paul ^l   McLellan, Robert K ^m   Roberts, Mark A ⁿ   Usrey, Cary ^o   Wallace, Joseph A ^p   Yarborough, Charles M ^q   Siuba, Justina ^g  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c World Financial Center   (United States)

^d American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^e Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^f HealthNEXT   (United States)

^g Time Warner Cable Inc ^*  (United States)

^h UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

^k ACOEM   (United States)

^l Paul Larson Communications   (United States)

^m DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁿ EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^o Predictive Solutions   (United States)

^p CNA Insurance   (United States)

^q LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; EMPLOYER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84942582579     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000467     Document Type: Review

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