Cases in stress prevention: The success of a participative and stepwise approach

Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-168

  Kompier, Michiel A J ^a   Geurts, Sabine A E ^a   Gründemann, Robert W M ^a   Vink, Peter ^a   Smulders, Peter G W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Participative stepwise approach; Stress prevention

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031847812     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199807)14:3<155::AID-SMI773>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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