Physical and psychosocial work environment factors and their association with health outcomes in Danish ambulance personnel - A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hansen, Claus D ^a   Rasmussen, Kurt ^b   Kyed, Morten ^a   Nielsen, Kent Jacob ^b   Andersen, Johan Hviid ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866163714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-534     Document Type: Review

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