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The role of stress in exhaustion among female workers

The purpose of this paper has the purpose to compare profiles for exhaustion between different groups of working women, showing the importance of stress as the result of gender conditions. In the research projects reviewed dealing with work processes and related diseases, a close relation was, found between stress and health problems. Some of them demostrate that domestic and job demands lead to continuous effort and insufficient replacement of working capacity. In addition, since women cannot meet both demanding tasks, they develop persistent anxiety, and the most immediate repercussions are fatigue and stress-related disease.

Women Health; Occupational Health; Stress; Anxiety


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