Well-being and self-assessed health among different groups of female personnel in geriatric care

Work

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Gunnarsdottir, Holmfridur K ^a   Tomasson, Kristinn ^a   Rafnsdottir, Gudbjorg Linda ^a,b  

^a Administration of Occupational Safety and Health Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Education; Geriatric care; Nurses; Practical nurses; Unskilled; Women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIFESTYLE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0842281861     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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