Psychosocial work environment and medical symptoms among swedish commercial airline cabin crew

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 716-723

  Wahlstedt, Kurt ^a   Lindgren, Torsten ^a   Norbäck, Dan ^a   Wieslander, Gunilla ^a   Runeson, Roma ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cabin crew; Demands control model; Iso strain; Psychosocial factors; Stress related symptoms; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77954253332     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20822.     Document Type: Article

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