Relationships between psychosocial work environmental factors, personality, physical work demands and workload in a group of Swedish dentists

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Rolander, B O ^a,c   Stenstrom U L F ^b   Jonker, Dirk ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dentists; Personality; Physical demands; Psychosocial work factors; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DENTISTS; DENTISTS, WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 57849114057     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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