Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Shrestha, Nipun ^a   Kukkonen Harjula, Katriina T ^b,c   Verbeek, Jos H ^d   Ijaz, Sharea ^d   Hermans, Veerle ^e   Bhaumik, Soumyadeep ^f  

^a Health Research and Social Development Forum   (Nepal)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c South Karelia Social and Health Care District Eksote   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACCELEROMETRY; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ACCELEROMETRY; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; POSTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84961926404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub3     Document Type: Review

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