Modelling relationships between job stressors and injury and near-miss outcomes for construction labourers

Work and Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-240

  Goldenhar, Linda M ^a   Williams, Larry J ^b   Swanson, Naomi G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Injuries; Job stressors; Structural Equation Modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HUMAN; MANUAL LABOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TELEPHONE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1642496774     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370310001616144     Document Type: Article

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