Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shrestha, Nipun ^a   Ijaz, Sharea ^b   Kukkonen Harjula, Katriina T ^c   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Nwankwo, Chukwudi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DANCING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SITTING; STANDING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85012058155     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010912     Document Type: Article

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