Exploring the quality of life (QOL) in the Indian software industry: A public health viewpoint

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-381

  Jha, Ayan ^a   Sadhukhan, Sanjoy Kumar ^b   Velusamy, Saravanan ^d   Banerjee, Gargi ^c   Banerjee, Arpita ^d   Saha, Amitava ^e   Talukdar, Sumit ^b,f  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Jalpaiguri District Hospital   (India)

^e Kolkata Municipal Corporation   (India)

^f West Bengal Public Health and Administrative Service   (India)

Author keywords

Quality of life WHO QOL BREF Software industry IT and ITeS professionals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863782117     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0295-z     Document Type: Article

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