Prevalence and associated factors of job-related depression in laboratory technicians in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) and Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) hospitals in Kelantan

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-278

  Aziah, B D ^a   Rusli, Bin Nordin ^a,b   Winn, T ^a   Naing, L ^a,b   Tengku, M A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

HUSM; Job Strain Model; Job related depression; Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire; KKM Hospitals; Laboratory technicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 16644384460     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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