Job Strain and Adverse Health Behaviors: The Finnish Public Sector Study
Journal of Occupational and Environmental MedicinePublished 1 January 2007
Anne Kouvonen, Mika Kivim ki, Ari V n nen, Tarja Heponiemi, Marko Elovainio, Leena Ala‐Mursula
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Job strain conditions may be associated with the co-occurrence of adverse health behaviors that contribute to preventable chronic diseases and reducing work stress by increasing job control and decreasing psychologic demands might help efforts to promote healthy lifestyles.
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Adverse job conditions may increase the likelihood of co-occurring health risk behaviors. Reducing work stress by increasing job control and decreasing psychologic demands might help efforts to promote healthy lifestyles.
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