Military hierarchy, job stress and mental health in peacetime

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-187

  Martins, L C X ^a,b   Lopes, C S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA DO EXÉRCITO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance model; Job stress; Mental health; Military personnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859639475     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs006     Document Type: Article

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