Workplace restructurings in intervention studies - A challenge for design, analysis and interpretation

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Olsen, Ole ^a   Albertsen, Karen ^a   Nielsen, Martin Lindhardt ^a,b   Poulsen, Kjeld Børge ^a,c   Gron, Sisse Malene Frydendal ^a,d   Brunnberg, Hans Lennart ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Odsherred Municipality ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; JOB STRESS; MANAGER; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TRADE UNION; WELLBEING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORKPLACE;

DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSPORTATION; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 46149086359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-39     Document Type: Article

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