Examining associations between job characteristics and health: Linking data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to two U.S. national health surveys

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1401-1413

  Alterman, Toni ^a   Grosch, James ^a   Chen, Xiao ^a   Chrislip, David ^a   Petersen, Martin ^a   Krieg Jr , Edward ^a   Chung, Haejoo ^b   Muntaner, Carles ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENSUSES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65849416462     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318188e882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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