The differential impact of job isostrain and home-work interference on indicators of physical and mental health in women and men

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1236-1244

  Casini, Annalisa ^a   Clays, Els ^b   Godin, Isabelle ^a   De Backer, Guy ^b   Kornitzer, Marcel ^a   Kittel, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78650993425     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f6ff1f96     Document Type: Article

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