Job strain predicts survey response in healthcare industry workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-289

  Cifuentes, Manuel ^a   Boyer, Jon ^a   Gore, Rebecca ^a   D'Errico, Angelo ^b   Scollin, Patrick ^a   Tessler, Jamie ^a   Lerner, Debra ^c   Kriebel, David ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a   Slatin, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare industry; Job strain; Non response bias; Socio economic status; Survey response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 40949110198     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20561     Document Type: Article

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