Correlates of probable alcohol abuse among women working in nursing homes

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Tómasson, Kristinn ^a   Gunnarsdóttir, Hólmfríour K ^a   Rafnsdóttir, Guobjörg L ^a   Helgadóttir, Berglind ^a  

^a Administration for Occupational Health and Safety   (Iceland)

Author keywords

alcohol abuse; geriatric care; medical comorbidity; mental disorder; work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ICELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ICELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 3843070098     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948040320011201     Document Type: Article

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