Associations of psychosocial working conditions with self-rated general health and mental health among municipal employees

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-212

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Job control; Job demands; Management styles; Mental health; Occupational class; Physical work load; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SELF CONCEPT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 30644480161     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0054-7     Document Type: Article

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