Psychosocial work conditions, unemployment and health locus of control: A population-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-435

  Mohammad Ali, Sadiq ^a   Lindström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health locus of control; health related behaviour; psychosocial work conditions; social participation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 44849093228     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807088452     Document Type: Article

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