Do stressful working conditions cause psychiatric disorders?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-87

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Hotopf, Matthew ^a,b   Henderson, Max ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

CAUSALITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 77950166067     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp183     Document Type: Editorial

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