Job strain and adverse health behaviors: The Finnish public sector study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-74

  Kouvonen, Anne ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c   Väänänen, Ari ^c   Heponiemi, Tarja ^d   Elovainio, Marko ^d   Ala Mursula, Leena ^e   Virtanen, Marianna ^c   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Linna, Anne ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 33846215453     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31802db54a     Document Type: Article

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