Relationship of Job Strain to Standard Coronary Risk Factors and Psychological Characteristics in Women and Men of the Family Heart Study

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-247

  Weidner, Gerdi ^a   Boughal, Torhild ^a,b   Pieper, Carl ^c   Connor, Sonja L ^c   Mendell, Nancy R ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coronary risk; Employment; Gender; Job stress

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0031131986     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.3.239     Document Type: Article

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