Work characteristics and morbidity as predictors of self-perceived health status in Norwegian physicians

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 375-381

  Stavem, Knut ^a   Hofoss, Dag ^a   Aasland, Olaf G ^b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

doctors; health status; health related quality of life; job strain; mental health; physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 1542681062     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210165127     Document Type: Article

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