The Swedish labour market in the 1990s: The very last of the healthy jobs?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-134

  Rostila, Mikael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

job strain; Longitudinal data; self rated health; sick leave; Sweden; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 40549119522     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085067     Document Type: Article

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