Work stress and depressive symptoms in older employees: Impact of national labour and social policies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lunau, Thorsten ^a   Wahrendorf, Morten ^a,b   Dragano, Nico ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national study; Demand control; Depressive symptoms; Effort reward imbalance; Labour and social policies; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887984528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1086     Document Type: Article

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