Total workload, work stress and perceived symptoms in Swedish male and female white-collar employees

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-214

  Krantz, Gunilla ^a   Berntsson, Leeni ^b   Lundberg, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Household work; Ill health; Multiple roles; Paid work; Stress; Total workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; STRESS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 20644457347     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki079     Document Type: Article

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