Workplace bullying and suicidal ideation: A 3-wave longitudinal Norwegian study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2015, Pages e23-e28

  Nielsen, Morten Birkeland ^a,b   Nielsen, Geir Høstmark ^b   Notelaers, Guy ^b   Einarsen, Stale ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84943780528     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302855     Document Type: Article

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