The impact of sociodemographic factors vs. gender roles on female hospital workers' health: Do we need to shift emphasis?

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-391

  Musshauser, Doris ^a   Bader, Angelika ^a   Wildt, Beatrice ^b   Hochleitner, Margarethe ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Female hospital workers; Short form 36 Health Questionnaire (SF 36); Volume of domestic duties; Work schedule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750494979     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.48.383     Document Type: Article

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