Self-reported work strain is lower in South Asian than European people: Cross-sectional survey

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-292

  Fischbacher, Colin M ^a   White, Martin ^b   Bhopal, Raj S ^b   Unwin, Nigel C ^b  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employment; Ethnic Groups; Job Strain; Psychosocial Work Characteristics; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SELF ASSESSMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26644446463     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500159973     Document Type: Article

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