Effects of Job Insecurity from a Workplace Closure Threat on Fatigue and Psychological Distress

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-449

  Swaen, Gerard M H ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^a   Kant, IJmert ^a   Van Amelsvoort, Ludovic G P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2442534332     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000126024.14847.f8     Document Type: Article

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