Work and family stress is associated with menstrual disorders but not with fibrocystic changes: Cross-sectional findings in chinese working women

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 361-366

  Zhou, Mei ^a   Wege, Natalia ^b   Gu, Huakang ^c   Shang, Li ^a   Li, Jian ^a,b   Siegrist, Johannes ^b  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Public Health   (China)

Author keywords

Family stress; Fibrocystic changes; Menstrual disorders; Women's health; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYST FLUID; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYST FLUID; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650644940     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L10057     Document Type: Article

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