Type A and Type B behaviors, work stressors, and social support at work

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 486-494

  Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Tarumi, Kimio ^b   Miller, Alan S ^c   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Signal detection analysis; Type A behavior; Work stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031194809     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0162     Document Type: Article

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