The influence of total number of favourable working conditions and lifestyle on mental health in Japanese workers in a large company

Stress and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Okubo, Yasushi ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^b   Nogawa, Koji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Mental health; Occupational health; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0038748398     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.962     Document Type: Article

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