Relationship between job stress and plasma fibrinolytic activity in male Japanese workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 315-320

  Ishizaki, Masao ^a   Tsuritani, Ikiko ^a   Noborisaka, Yuka ^a   Yamada, Yuichi ^a   Tabata, Masashi ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factor; Job Content Questionnaire; Job stress; Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 activity; Tissue plasminogen activator activity

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; LIPID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030056099     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00409416     Document Type: Article

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