'Chronic workload', 'need for control' and 'vital exhaustion' in patients with myocardial infarction and controls: A comparative test of cardiovascular risk profiles

Stress Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-121

  Appels, A ^a   Siegrist, J ^b   De Vos, Y ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exhaustion; Job stress; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031011306     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199704)13:2<117::AID-SMI725>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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