Organisational justice and cognitive function in middle-aged employees: The Whitehall II study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 552-556

  Elovainio, Marko ^a,b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,c   Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Shipley, Martin ^a   Gimeno, David ^a,d   De Vogli, Roberto ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^e,f   Virtanen, Marianna ^a,e   Jokela, Markus ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HYPERTENSION; MEMORY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84864006519     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.113407     Document Type: Article

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