Psychosocial correlates of job strain in a sample of working women

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 543-548

  Williams, Redford B ^a   Barefoot, John C ^a   Blumenthal, James A ^a   Helms, Michael J ^a   Luecken, Linda ^a   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Siegler, Ilene C ^a   Suarez, Edward C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030953684     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830180061007     Document Type: Article

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