Socioeconomic position, Psychosocial work environment and disability in an ageing workforce: A longitudinal analysis of SHARE data from 11 European countries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 156-163

  Reinhardt, Jan D ^a,b   Wahrendorf, Morten ^c   Siegrist, Johannes ^d  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; DISABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REWARD; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 84874667361     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100924     Document Type: Article

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