Gender and regional differences in perceived job stress across Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 536-545

  De Smet, P ^a   Sans, S ^b   Dramaix, M ^a   Boulenguez, C ^c   De Backer, G ^d   Ferrario, M ^e   Cesana, G ^f   Houtman, I ^g   Isacsson, S O ^h   Kittel, F ^a   Ostergren, P O ^h   Peres, I ^b   Pelfrene, E ^d   Romon, M ^c   Rosengren, A ⁱ   Wilhelmsen, L ⁱ   Kornitzer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^g TNO   (Netherlands)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Job stress; Occupation; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 26844454769     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki028     Document Type: Article

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