Exposure to workplace violence and quality of life among drivers and conductors in Maputo City, Mozambique

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-304

  Couto, Maria Tereza ^a,b   Lawoko, Stephen ^a   Svanström, Leif ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Africa; Conductors; Drivers; Quality of life; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSPORTATION; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349574846     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.3.299     Document Type: Article

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