Working hours, occupational stress and depression among physicians

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Tomioka, K ^a   Morita, N ^a   Saeki, K ^a   Okamoto, N ^a   Kurumatani, N ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Effort reward imbalance model; Occupational stress; Physicians; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955490036     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr004     Document Type: Article

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