Long-term associations of stress and chronic diseases in ageing and retired employees

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Salonen, Paula Hannele ^a   Arola, Heikki ^b   Nygård, Clas Håkan ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b Suomen Terveystalo Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing employees; Chronic diseases; Prolonged stress symptoms; Work related stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36849068975     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701335680     Document Type: Article

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