Health-related quality of life and its main related factors among nurses in China

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-165

  Wu, Si Ying ^a   Li, Huang Yuan ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Zhu, Wei ^b   Li, Jian ^c   Wang, Xiao Rong ^d  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Coping resource; Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Job burnout; Nurses; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955515608     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1160     Document Type: Article

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