Active job, healthy job? occupational stress and depression among hospital physicians in Taiwan

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-184

  Wang, Liang Jen ^a,b   Wang, Chih Ken ^a,c   Hsu, Shih Chieh ^a   Lee, Sheng Yu ^d   Wang, Chin Sheng ^a   Yeh, Wan Yu ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aiwan; Depression; Job stress; Karasek's job strain model; Physician; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TIME; WORK;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955495810     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1209     Document Type: Article

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