Children's health and workers' productivity: An examination of family interference with work in rural America

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-392

  Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Rao, Pamela ^a   Woods, Charles R ^a   Preisser, John S ^b,c   Gesler, Wilbert M ^b,d   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Rural environments; Work to family interference; Workplace performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHILD; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 27744468901     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.10.4.382     Document Type: Article

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