Components of type a behavior pattern and occupational stressor-strain relationship: Testing different models in a sample of industrial managers

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-76

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Kalimo, Raija ^b   Julkunen, Juhani ^b  

^a Finnish Institute of Occupational Health   (United States)

^b Rehuhilitation Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MANAGER; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029826044     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.1996.9933766     Document Type: Article

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