Psychosocial work conditions, unemployment, and leisure-time physical activity: A population-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-216

  Mohammad Ali, Sadiq ^a   Lindström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic stress; leisure time physical activity; psychosocial work conditions; social participation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK;

EID: 33645643583     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500307515     Document Type: Article

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