Fatigue among working people: Validity of a questionnaire measure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 353-357

  Beurskens, Anna J H M ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^a   Kant, IJmert ^a   Vercoulen, Jan H M M ^b   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^b   Swaen, Gerard M H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Measurement; Occupational groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034025164     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.5.353     Document Type: Article

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