Downsizing and industrial restructuring in relation to changes in psychosocial conditions of work in British Columbia sawmills

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-277

  Ostry, Aleck ^a,c   Marion, Stephen ^a   Green, Lawrence W ^a   Demers, Paul ^a   Teschke, Kay ^a   Hershler, Ruth ^a   Kelly, Shona ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Pop Hlth Prog Can Inst Adv R   (Canada)

^c Dept of Hlth Care and Epidemiology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial restructuring; Psychosocial work conditions; Sawmills; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0033921129     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.542     Document Type: Article

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