Psychosocial factors in research on work conditions and health in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 36749066896     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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