Is work a risk factor in the prescribed psychotropic drug consumption of female white-collar workers and professionals?

Women and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 105-121

  Morissette, Pauline ^a   Dedobbeleer, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030816995     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v25n04_06     Document Type: Article

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