Time trends in the incidence of work-related mental ill-health and musculoskeletal disorders in the UK

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 317-324

  Carder, Melanie ^a   McNamee, Roseanne ^b   Turner, Susan ^a   Hodgson, John Timothy ^c   Holland, Fiona ^b   Agius, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 84877602269     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100904     Document Type: Article

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