Myocardial infarction among male bus, taxi, and lorry drivers in middle Sweden

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 235-240

  Gustavsson, Per ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^a,b   Brunnberg, Hans ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^b   Jakobsson, Robert ^a   Reuterwall, Christina ^a,c   Östlin, Piroska ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drivers; Job strain; Myocardial infarction; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029925114     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.4.235     Document Type: Article

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