Occupation and ischemic heart disease in the European community: A comparative study of occupations at potential high risk

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-414

  Tüchsen, Finn ^a,b   Andersen, Otto ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^d   Filakti, Haroulla ^e   Marmot, Michael G ^f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Ctr Biochem and Occup Epidemiol   (Denmark)

^c Denmark's Ctrl Bureau of Statistics   (Denmark)

^d Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^e Off of Pop Censuses and Surveys   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ischemic heart disease; mortality; occupational health; record linkage study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARBERING; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR VEHICLES; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POLICE; RADIO; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0029794662     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199610)30:4<407::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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