Invited commentary: Structure and context matters - The need to emphasize "social" in "psychosocial epidemiology"

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 620-624

  Rugulies, Reiner ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Epidemiologic studies; Mortality; Occupational health; Psychology; Social class; Social environment; Stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NOTE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 84859508637     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws033     Document Type: Note

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