Assessment of psychosocial work environment in primary care - Development of a questionnaire

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 447-456

  Wilhelmsson, Susan ^a   Åkerlind, Ingemar ^b   Faresjö, Tomas ^b   Ek, Anna Christina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

District nurses; Factor analysis; General practitioner; Psychosocial working conditions; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033511163     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020516914688     Document Type: Article

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