Work-related stress factors and menstrual pain: A nation-wide representative survey

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-138

  László, Krisztina D ^a,b   Gyorffy, Zsuzsa ^a   Ádám, Szilvia ^a   Csoboth, Csilla ^a   Kopp, Mária S ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Job control; Job dissatisfaction; Job security; Menstrual pain; Work stress; Workplace social support

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SECURITY; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 45749143963     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820701804423     Document Type: Article

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