Job strain among rubber-glove-factory workers in central Thailand

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-510

  Sein, Muang Muang ^a   Howteerakul, Nopporn ^b   Suwannapong, Nawarat ^b   Jirachewee, Jirachai ^c  

^a Malteser (Germany)   (Myanmar)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Ministry of PubHc Health   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Factory workers; Job strain; Occupational health; Psychosocial work factor; Rubber glove; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRY; LEISURE; MALE; MATERIALS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958075517     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS962     Document Type: Article

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