Self-rated health amongst male and female employees in Sweden: a nationally representative study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 849-859

  Taloyan, Marina ^a,b   Leineweber, Constanze ^a   Hyde, Martin ^a   Westerlund, Hugo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Prospective study; Self rated health; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957976142     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-014-1014-x     Document Type: Article

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