Women's perceived frequency of disturbing interruptions and its relationship to self-rated health and satisfaction with life as a whole

Stress and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Erlandsson, Lena Karin ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^b   Lissner, Lauren ^b   Håkansson, Carita ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interruptions; Job stress; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77957941963     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1287     Document Type: Article

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