Association between psychosocial work characteristics and health functioning in American women: Prospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7247, 2000, Pages 1432-1436

  Cheng, Yawen ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Coakley, Eugenie H ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Colditz, Graham ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034720511     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1432     Document Type: Article

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