Unfair exchange and health: Social bases of stress-related diseases

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-317

  Siegrist, Johannes ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Prospective studies; Social reciprocity; Sociological theory; Stress related diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349764711     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2009.17     Document Type: Article

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