Job strain and arterial blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and smoking as risk factors for coronary heart disease in Japan

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 429-432

  Kawakami, Norito ^a   Haratani, Takashi ^b   Araki, Shunichi ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Job strain; Serum total cholesterol; Smoking; Social support

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031727165     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050302     Document Type: Article

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