Job Strain, Effort???Reward Imbalance, and Heavy Drinking: A Study in 40,851 Employees
Journal of Occupational and Environmental MedicinePublished 1 May 2005
Anne Kouvonen, Mika Kivim ki, S J Cox, Kari Poikolainen, Tom Cox, Jussi Vahtera
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High job strain and high effort–reward imbalance as global constructs were not associated with heavy drinking and stressful work conditions are not consistently associated withheavy drinking.
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Stressful work conditions are not consistently associated with heavy drinking.
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