Use of benzodiazepine drugs and perceived job stress in a cohort of working men and women in Belgium. Results from the BELSTRESS-study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 433-442

  Pelfrene, Edwin ^a   Vlerick, Peter ^b   Moreau, Michel ^c   Mak, Rudolf P ^a   Kornitzer, Marcel ^c   De Backer, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Benzodiazepines; Demand control support model; Occupational health; Psychotropic drugs; Work stress

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORK;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BELGIUM; BENZODIAZEPINES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2042497971     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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