Precarious employment and health: Analysis of the comprehensive national survey in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-235

  Tsurugano, Shinobu ^a   Inoue, Mariko ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employment contract; Health examinations; National survey; Precarious workers; Psychological distress; Self rated health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84863464274     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1260     Document Type: Article

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