Weekly work hours and stress complaints of workers in Korea

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1135-1141

  Park, Jungsun ^a   Yi, Yunjeong ^b   Kim, Yangho ^c  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Stress; Weekly work hours

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOUTH KOREA; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958479759     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20877     Document Type: Article

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