Work stress: Its components and its association with self-reported health outcomes in a garment factory in Bangladesh-Findings from a cross-sectional study

Health and Place

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-130

  Steinisch, Maria ^a   Yusuf, Rita ^b,c   Li, Jian ^a,d   Rahman, Omar ^b,c   Ashraf, Hasan M ^a   Strümpell, Christian ^a   Fischer, Joachim E ^a   Loerbroks, Adrian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Independent University   (Bangladesh)

^c University of Düsseldorf ^*  (Bangladesh)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Garment industry; Self rated health; Work stress

Indexed keywords

GARMENT INDUSTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GARMENT FACTORY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JOB SECURITY; JOB STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOMNOLENCE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

BANGLADESH; GARMENT INDUSTRY; SELF-RATED HEALTH; WORK STRESS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CLOTHING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885079790     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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