The role of workplace health promotion in addressing job stress

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-353

  Noblet, Andrew ^a   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee well being; Occupational stress; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845260768     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dal029     Document Type: Article

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