Repeated job strain and the risk of depression: Longitudinal analyses from the whitehall ii study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2360-2366

  Stansfeld, Stephen A ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^b   Head, Jenny ^b   Fuhrer, Rebecca ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869159386     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300589     Document Type: Article

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