Does vacation enable recuperation? Changes in well-being associated with time away from work

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Strauss Blasche, Gerhard ^a   Ekmekcioglu, C ^b   Marktl, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mood; Recuperation; Vacation from work; Well being; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034074741     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.3.167     Document Type: Article

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