Work characteristics as predictors of diabetes incidence among apparently healthy employees

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-267

  Toker, Sharon ^a   Shirom, Arie ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^b   Armon, Galit ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Job control; Job demand; Prospective design; Work social support

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK; WORKLOAD; EMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84868655218     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028401     Document Type: Article

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