Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: An exploration of job stress and health in the Norwegian police service: a cross sectional study | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology BioMed Central Research An exploration of job stress and health in the Norwegian police service a cross sectional study Anne Marie Berg 1 Erlend Hem1 Bjorn Lau2 and 0ivind Ekeberg1 Open Access Address Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo PO. Box 1111 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway and 2National Institute of Occupational Health Pb. 8149 Dep NO-0033 Oslo Norway Email Anne Marie Berg - larmabe@ Erlend Hem - Bjorn Lau - 0ivind Ekeberg - Corresponding author Published II December 2006 Received 08 August 2006 . . . _ Accepted 11 December 2006 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2006 1 26 doi 1745-6673-1-26 This article is available from http content 1 1 26 2006 Berg et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Police work is regarded as a high-stress occupation but so far no nationwide study has explored the associations between work stress and health. Aims To explore physical and mental health among Norwegian police and associations to job stress. Comparisons were made with a nationwide sample of Norwegian physicians and the general Norwegian population. Methods Comprehensive nationwide questionnaire survey of 3 272 Norwegian police at all hierarchical levels including the Norwegian Police Stress Survey with two factors serious operational tasks and work injuries the Job Stress Survey with two factors job pressure and lack of support the Basic Character Inventory the Subjective Health Complaint questionnaire the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale the .