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Document ID (ISN)69962
CIS number 97-1755
ISBN(s) 88-7963-042-3
Year 1996
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Cesana G.C.
Title Stress and work: Present status of scientific knowledge
Original title Stress e lavoro: Lo stato attuale delle conoscenze scientifiche [in Italian]
Bibliographic information In: Lo stress nel mondo del lavoro: Quali soluzioni per un problema in espansione, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione, Pavia, Italy, 1996, p.9-24. 30 ref.
Abstract The status of scientific knowledge on the relationship between stress and work is examined in relation to the cultural origin of the stress concept and the underlying psychophysiological model, and measurement possibilities and their problems. Subjective, physiological and epidemiologic measures are discussed along with the use of the stress concept in the study of the aetiology of coronary disease. Summary in English.
Descriptors (primary) stress factors; neuropsychic stress
Descriptors (secondary) coronary diseases; literature survey
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceItaly
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Mental stress and burnout