Burnout and alcohol problems among urban transit operators in San Francisco

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-109

  Cunradi, Carol B ^a   Greiner, Birgit A ^b   Ragland, David R ^a,b   Fisher, June M ^c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Burnout; Occupation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037225757     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(01)00222-2     Document Type: Article

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