Low job control and risk of coronary heart disease in Whitehall II (prospective cohort) study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7080, 1997, Pages 558-565

  Bosma, Hans ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Hemingway, Harry ^a   Nicholson, Amanda C ^a   Brunner, Eric ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031047385     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7080.558     Document Type: Article

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