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Occupational stress factors and alcohol-related behavior in urban transit operators

If alcohol consumption mitigates psychological and physiological aspects of the response to stressors, then alcohol consumption might be elevated for individuals exposed to high occupational stressors. Frequency of work stressors and reaction to those stressors were studied in relation to several al...

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Published in:Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research clinical and experimental research, 2000-07, Vol.24 (7), p.1011-1019
Main Authors: RAGLAND, D. R, GREINER, B. A, YEN, I. H, FISHER, J. M
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Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcoholism
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Automobile Driving
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Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
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Humans
Job Satisfaction
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Occupational Health
Occupational psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
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Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Work condition. Job performance. Stress
Workload - psychology
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