Stressors, resources, and well-being among Latino and white warehouse workers in the united states

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-263

  Hoppe, Annekatrin ^a   Heaney, Catherine A ^a   Fujishiro, Kaori ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Immigrant workers; Job expectations; Low wage; Psychosocial working conditions; Well being; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77749255758     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20752     Document Type: Article

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