New directions for psychosocial work environment research

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-115

  Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EDITORIAL; FEMALE WORKER; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33645648406     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600607657     Document Type: Editorial

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