The impact of psychosocial and organizational working conditions on the mental health of female cleaning personnel in Norway

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Gamperiene, Migle ^a   Nygård, Jan F ^a,b   Sandanger, Inger ^a   Wærsted, Morten ^c   Bruusgaard, Dag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

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EID: 34248149353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-1-24     Document Type: Article

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