Psychosocial work environment among employed Swedish dairy and pig farmworkers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-36

  Kolstrup, Christina ^a   Lundqvist, Peter ^a   Pinzke, Stefan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

COPSOQ; Farm owners; Farmworkers; Livestock; Mental health; Musculoskeletal disorders; Psychosocial work environment; Questionnaire; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; SWINE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; SWINE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149316240     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240801986157     Document Type: Article

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