Adverse psychosocial working conditions and risk of severe depressive symptoms. Do effects differ by occupational grade?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-420

  Rugulies, Reiner ^a,b   Aust, Birgit ^a   Madsen, Ida E H ^a   Burr, Hermann ^c   Siegrist, Johannes ^d   Bültmann, Ute ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878322560     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks071     Document Type: Article

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