Risk factors for psychological stress among international business travellers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Striker, James ^a   Luippold, Rose S ^b   Nagy, Lorraine ^a   Liese, Bernhard ^a   Bigelow, Carol ^b   Mundt, Kenneth A ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Travel stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; JET LAG; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033028615     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.4.245     Document Type: Article

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