Job demands and health complaints in white and blue collar workers

Work

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Schreuder, K J ^a   Roelen, Corne A M ^a,b   Koopmans, P C ^a   Groothoff, J W ^b  

^a ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue collar; General health; Occupation; Physical job demands; Psychological job demands; White collar

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149352817     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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