The association between psychosocial characteristics at work and problem drinking: A cross-sectional study of men in three Eastern European urban populations

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 546-550

  Bobak, M ^a   Pikhart, H ^a   Kubinova, R ^b   Malyutina, S ^c   Pajak, A ^d   Sebakova, H ^e   Topor Madry, R ^d   Nikitin, Y ^c   Caan, W ^a,f   Marmot, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^e Regional Public Health Service   (Czech Republic)

^f ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; REWARD; RUSSIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 23044492740     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.017202     Document Type: Article

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