Adverse conditions at the workplace are associated with increased suicide risk

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-95

  Baumert, Jens ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Lukaschek, Karoline ^a   Emeny, Rebecca T ^a   Meisinger, Christa ^a   Erazo, Natalia ^c   Dragano, Nico ^d   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LVR Institut für Versorgungsforschung   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; General population; Job strain; Suicide; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MOOD; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUICIDE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONOBIOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AFFECT; COMPLICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84906101375     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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