High effort, low reward, and cardiovascular risk factors in employed Swedish men and women: Baseline results from the WOLF Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 540-547

  Peter, Richard ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^b   Hammar, Niklas ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^a   Theorell, Töres ^c   Westerholm, Peter ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Natl Bd of Occup Safety and Hlth   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; WORK;

EID: 0031670581     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.9.540     Document Type: Article

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