Prevalence rates of work organization characteristics among workers in the U.S.: Data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 647-659

  Alterman, Toni ^a   Luckhaupt, Sara E ^a   Dahlhamer, James M ^b   Ward, Brian W ^b   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Job stress; Long work hours; National survey; Non standard work arrangements; Occupational health; Shift work; Surveillance; Temporary work; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878416337     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22108     Document Type: Article

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