Relationship between occupational stress and gastric disease in male workers

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-319

  Lihm, Ho Seob ^a   Park, Sang Hyun ^a   Gong, Eun Hee ^a   Choi, Jong Soon ^a   Kim, Jung Won ^a  

^a Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Occupational stress; Sociodemographic factors; Stomach diseases; Workplace culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872542687     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.5.311     Document Type: Article

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