A comprehensive worksite cancer prevention intervention: behavior change results from a randomized controlled trial (United States)
Cancer Causes & ControlPublished 1 August 2002
Glorian Sorensen, Anne M. Stoddard, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Karen M. Emmons, Mary K. Hunt, Richard Youngstrom
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Integration of occupational health and safety and health promotion may be an essential means of enhancing the effectiveness of worksite tobacco control initiatives with blue-collar workers.
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Integration of occupational health and safety and health promotion may be an essential means of enhancing the effectiveness of worksite tobacco control initiatives with blue-collar workers.
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