Psychosocial factors at work and self reported health: Comparative results of cross sectional and prospective analyses of the French GAZEL cohort

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 509-515

  Niedhammer, I ^a   Chea, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK;

EID: 0037758012     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.7.509     Document Type: Article

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