Work-related recovery opportunities: Testing scale properties and validity in relation to health

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1065-1075

  Van Veldhoven, Marc J P M ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Fatigue; Health complaints; Need for recovery; Psychometric properties; Recovery opportunities; Sleep complaints

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SLEEP; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 76749124933     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0411-z     Document Type: Article

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