Work-unit measures of organisational justice and risk of depression - A 2-year cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 380-385

  Grynderup, Matias Brødsgaard ^a   Mors, Ole ^a   Hansen, Ase Marie ^b,c   Andersen, Johan Hviid ^d   Bonde, Jens Peter ^e   Kærgaard, Anette ^d   Kærlev, Linda ^f   Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^e   Rugulies, Reiner ^c   Thomsen, Jane Frølund ^e   Kolstad, Henrik Albert ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

^d HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB STRESS; JUSTICE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; BURNOUT; DENMARK; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879486383     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101000     Document Type: Article

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