Health-related quality of life, psychosocial work conditions, and absenteeism in an industrial sample of blue- and white-collar employees: A comparison of potential predictors

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-37

  Hanebuth, Dirk ^a   Meinel, Michael ^a   Fischer, Joachim E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLOTHING; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644833833     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000195319.24750.f8     Document Type: Article

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