Gender differences in self-reported physical and psychosocial exposures in jobs with both female and male workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-252

  Hooftman, Wendela E ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,c   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK; WORKER;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 14944364956     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000150387.14885.6b     Document Type: Article

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