Interacting with the public as a risk factor for employee psychological distress

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hilton, Michael F ^a,b   Whiteford, Harvey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954807579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-435     Document Type: Article

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