Psychosocial work characteristics and self rated health in four post-communist countries.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on September 01, 2001

Authors

H Pikhart1, M Bobak, J Siegrist, A Pajak, S Rywik, J Kyshegyi, A Gostautas, Z Skodova, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK. hynek@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

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