Somatoform disorders in the workplace in Japan

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Shima, Satoru ^a,b   Satoh, Emi ^c  

^a TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB STRESS; MALAISE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SICK LEAVE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 32044448963     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260500466808     Document Type: Review

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