Association of occupational stress and social support with health-related behaviors among Chinese offshore oil workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-269

  Chen, Wei Qing ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^b   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Association; Chinese; Health realated behaviors; Occupational stress; Offshore work; Social support

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ADULT; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHINA; CONFINED SPACES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 48249125770     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L7149     Document Type: Article

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