Depression in employees in privately owned enterprises in China: Is it related to work environment and work ability?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1152-1167

  Sun, Jing ^a   Buys, Nicholas ^a   Wang, Xinchao ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Privately owned enterprise; Work ability; Work environment; Work place depression

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

CHINA;

EID: 84875667817     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10041152     Document Type: Article

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