title: Conceptual and methodological developments in occupational stress research: an introduction to state-of-the-art reviews. I.
abstract: This article introduces the first special section of state-of-the-art reviews. The historical origins of occupational health psychology are briefly discussed to establish a context for the present contributions that focus on job strain, effort-reward imbalance, and methodological problems.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Hygeine and Public Health.
authors.forename: Jeffrey V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000266:history*; D011590:Psychology, Industrial / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*