Workplace social capital and mental health among chinese employees: A multi-level, cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gao, Junling ^a   Weaver, Scott R ^b   Dai, Junming ^a   Jia, Yingnan ^a   Liu, Xingdi ^a   Jin, Kezhi ^a   Fu, Hua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896763954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085005     Document Type: Article

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