Relation between psychosomatic disturbances and job stress in video display unit operators.
BACKGROUND: Some psychosomatic disturbances have been related to protracted video display unit (VDU) use at work, and they may be associated with job stress. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at assessing the association between psychosomatic disturbances with job-related and subjective stress in 990 VDU....
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 303 - 311 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2019
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