Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1342-1356

  Madsen, I E H ^a   Nyberg, S T ^b   Magnusson Hanson, L L ^c   Ferrie, J E ^d,e   Ahola, K ^b   Alfredsson, L ^f,g   Batty, G D ^d,h   Bjorner, J B ^a   Borritz, M ⁱ   Burr, H ^j   Chastang, J F ^k,l   De Graaf, R ^m   Dragano, N ⁿ   Hamer, M ^d,o   Jokela, M ^p   Knutsson, A ^q   Koskenvuo, M ^p   Koskinen, A ^b   Leineweber, C ^c   Niedhammer, I ^k,l   Nielsen, M L ^r   Nordin, M ^c,s   Oksanen, T ^b   Pejtersen, J H ^t   Pentti, J ^b   Plaisier, I ^u   Salo, P ^b,v   Singh Manoux, A ^d,w   Suominen, S ^v,x,y   Ten Have, M ^m   Theorell, T ^c   Toppinen Tanner, S ^b   Vahtera, J ^b,v,z   Vaananen A ^b   Westerholm, P J M ^aa   Westerlund, H ^c   Fransson, E I ^c,f,ab   Heikkila K ^b,ac,ad   Virtanen, M ^b   Rugulies, R ^a,ae   Kivimaki M ^b,d,af   more..

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^m NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

ⁿ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^r FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^s UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^u The Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^w CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^x FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^y NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^z TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^aa UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ab JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^ad ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^af UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Observational studies; occupational health; work stress

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; META ANALYSIS;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS;

EID: 85010872142     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171600355X     Document Type: Review

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