Threat of unemployment and cardiovascular risk factors: Longitudinal study of quality of sleep and serum cholesterol concentrations in men threatened with redundancy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 301, Issue 6750, 1990, Pages 461-466

  Mattiasson, I ^a   Lindgarde, F ^a   Nilsson, J A ^a   Theorell, T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0025120473     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6750.461     Document Type: Article

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