The effectiveness of total worker health interventions: A systematic review for a national institutes of health pathways to prevention workshop

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 262-269

  Feltner, Cynthia ^a   Peterson, Kristina ^b   Weber, Rachel Palmieri ^c   Cluff, Laurie ^b   Coker Schwimmer, Emmanuel ^c   Viswanathan, Meera ^b   Lohr, Kathleen N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE COLLAR WORKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL WORKER HEALTH PROGRAM; VEGETABLE; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84982108540     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-0626     Document Type: Review

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