Job stress and poor sleep quality: Data from an American sample of full-time workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1997-2007

  Knudsen, Hannah K ^a   Ducharme, Lori J ^a   Roman, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Full time workers; Job stress; Sleep; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLEEP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147208253     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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