Changes in stress symptoms and their relationship to changes at work in 1981-1992 among elderly workers in municipal occupations

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 36-48

  Huuhtanen, Pekka ^a   Nygård, Clas Håkan ^b   Tuomi, Kaija ^a   Martikainen, Rami ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular symptoms; Change; Follow up study; Health; Mental load; Municipal workers; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Physical load; Stress reactions; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; APATHY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030878498     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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