Importance of psychosocial work factors on general health outcomes in the national French SUMER survey

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-24

  Niedhammer, Isabelle ^a,b   Chastang, Jean François ^a   David, Simone ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Psychosocial work factors; Self reported health; Sickness absence; Work injury; Workplace bullying; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLYING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 38049094648     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm115     Document Type: Article

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