The Job Demand-Control-Support Model and stress-related low-grade inflammatory responses among healthy employees: A longitudinal study

Work and Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-152

  Shirom, Arie ^a   Toker, Sharon ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^b   Shapira, Itzhak ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Fibrinogen; Inflammation markers; Job strain model; White blood cell count; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449095513     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370802180830     Document Type: Article

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