Health complaints and satisfied with the job? A cross-sectional study on work environment, job satisfaction, and subjective health complaints

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 568-573

  Svensen, Erling ^a,b,e   Arnetz, Bengt B ^c,d   Ursin, Holger ^a,b   Eriksen, Hege R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Unifob Health   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Education and Health Promotion ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 34248397296     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3180577700     Document Type: Article

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