Nature contact and organizational support during office working hours: Benefits relating to stress reduction, subjective health complaints, and sick leave

Work

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-20

  Bjornstad, Siv ^a   Patil, Grete G ^a   Raanaas, Ruth K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

indoor plants; occupational health research; window view; Workplace interventions; worksite health promotion

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL LEAVE; NORWAY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL SCIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANTS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957870012     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-152211     Document Type: Article

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