Planning a worksite health promotion program: health profile of a population of Greek sailors.

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Planning a worksite health promotion program: health profile taken after 12–14 hours of fasting and was analysed of a population of greek sailors. K. Tsamandouraki1 , for serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, serum Y. Alamanos1,2, M. Economou3, N. Papadopoulou1 and triglycerides, and serum glucose. Y. Tountas1,4. (1Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Data were also collected by a personal interview Athens, 2Department of Hygiene, School of Medicine, arranged for each respondent. Information was colUniversity of Ioannina, 3Department of Psychiatry, lected on current health status and subjective health, 4Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of prevalence of selected diseases, psychiatric condiMedicine, University of Athens, Greece.) tions, health services utilisation and the use of drugs. Scand J Soc Med 1998, 3 (181–182). The questionnaire also included items on smoking,