Physician job satisfaction and working conditions in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Wada, Koji ^a   Arimatsu, Mayuri ^b   Higashi, Toshiaki ^b   Yoshikawa, Toru ^c   Oda, Susumu ^d   Taniguchi, Hatsumi ^e   Kawashima, Masatoshi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

^d Fukuoka Occupational Health Promotion Centre   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Physicians; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 69949086642     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.O8023     Document Type: Article

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