Self-perceived stress reactivity is an indicator of psychosocial impairment at the workplace

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Limm, Heribert ^a   Angerer, Peter ^b   Heinmueller, Mechthild ^b   Marten Mittag, Birgitt ^a   Nater, Urs M ^c   Guendel, Harald ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952065913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-252     Document Type: Article

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