Are there health effects of harassment in the workplace? A gender-sensitive study of the relationships between work and neck pain

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-159

  Stock, Susan R ^a,b   Tissot, France ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

neck pain; physical work demands; psychosocial work demands; sexual harassment; workplace harassment

Indexed keywords

NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL WORK; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORK DEMANDS; WORKPLACE HARASSMENT;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856950156     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.598243     Document Type: Article

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