Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: Prospective results from the Whitehall II study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 302-307

  Stansfeld, S A ^a,b   Fuhrer, R ^a   Shipley, M J ^a   Marmot, M G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Mental illness; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032962720     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.5.302     Document Type: Article

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