The psychosocial quality of work determines whether employment has benefits for mental health: Results from a longitudinal national household panel survey

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 806-812

  Butterworth, P ^a   Leach, L S ^a   Strazdins, L ^b   Olesen, S C ^a   Rodgers, B ^a   Broom, D H ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SALARY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 80053911644     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.059030     Document Type: Article

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