Workplace conditions, socioeconomic status, and the risk of mortality and acute myocardial infarction: The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 617-622

  Lynch, John ^d   Krause, Niklas ^e   Kaplan, George A ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Salonen, Jukka T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Human Population Laboratory   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030912287     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.4.617     Document Type: Article

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