Low organisational justice and heavy drinking: A prospective cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Kouvonen, Anne ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c   Elovainio, Marko ^d   Väänänen, Ari ^c   De Vogli, Roberto ^b   Heponiemi, Tarja ^d   Linna, Anne ^c   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 38049107728     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.032755     Document Type: Article

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