The monitoring and surveillance of the psychosocial work environment in Canada: A forgotten determinant of health

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-477

  Smith, Peter ^a,b   Frank, John ^a,b,c   Mustard, Cameron ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Psychological factors; Public Health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149522390     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403779     Document Type: Article

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