Work and mental health: the experience of the Quebec workforce between 1987 and 1998.
This study examines the distribution of psychological distress in twelve occupational groups over the decade 1987-1998 in the Quebec workforce. Cross-sectional data from the three phases of the Quebec Health and Social Survey are used with n = 9,450 in 1987, n = 10,947 in 1992 and n = 10,960 in 1998...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 135 - 143 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2005
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