Is the effect of job strain on myocardial infarction risk due to interaction between high psychological demands and low decision latitude? Results from Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1405-1415

  Hallqvist, Johan ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a,b   Reuterwall, Christina ^c,d,e   Ahlbom, Anders ^c  

^a Dept of Pub Hlth Sci at K ^*  (Sweden)

^b National Swedish Institute   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Job strain; Myocardial infarction; Socioeconomic status; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DECISION MAKING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SWEDEN; WORK;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031748265     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10084-3     Document Type: Article

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