Work stress, coping, and gender: Implications for health and well-being

The Individual in the Changing Working Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 311-327

  Torkelson, Eva ^a   Muhonen, Tuija ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

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EID: 78650629997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511490064.015     Document Type: Chapter

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