An epidemiological approach to study fatigue in the working population: The Maastricht Cohort Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Kant, I J ^a   Bultmann U ^a   Schroer K A P ^a   Beurskens, A J H M ^a   Van Amelsvoort, L G P M ^a   Swaen, G M H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 18844481177     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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