Psychosomatic symptoms of Japanese working women and their need for stress management

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Araki, Yoko ^a   Muto, Takashi ^b   Asakura, Takashi ^c  

^a Hochi Newspaper Company   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female worker; Need for mental health management; Occupational health service; Psychosomatic symptoms; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DYSMENORRHEA; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; STRESS;

EID: 0032916210     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.253     Document Type: Article

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