Good practices in managing work-related indoor air problems: A psychosocial perspective

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-85

  Lahtinen, Marjaana ^a   Huuhtanen, Pekka ^a   Vähämäki, Kari ^a   Kähkönen, Erkki ^a   Mussalo Rauhamaa, Helena ^b   Reijula, Kari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Prov Stt Off of Southern Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Good practices; Indoor air problems; Management; Organization; Problem solving; Psychosocial; Stress

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENCHMARKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 3042699739     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20032     Document Type: Article

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