Do Long Journeys to Work Have Adverse Effects on Mental Health?

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 609-625

  Feng, Zhiqiang ^a   Boyle, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General Health questionnaire; Great Britain; journey to work; mental health; panel data analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; HEALTH MONITORING; JOURNEY TO WORK; MENTAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84899651928     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512472053     Document Type: Article

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