Women's Work Environment and Health: Clerical Workers in Brazil

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-62

  Meleis, Afaf I ^a   Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K ^a   Arruda, Eloita Neves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Netwk Grad Nursing Programs S B   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1542787546     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199602)19:1<53::AID-NUR6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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