Work factors as predictors of persistent fatigue: A prospective study of nurses' aides

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 428-434

  Eriksen, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33744794880     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.019729     Document Type: Article

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