A longitudinal study of job strain and ambulatory blood pressure: Results from a three-year follow-up

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 697-706

  Schnall, Peter L ^a,b   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Landsbergis, Paul A ^a   Warren, Katherine ^a   Pickering, Thomas G ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Social Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

'Job strain'; Ambulatory blood pressure; Cohort; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031756729     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199811000-00007     Document Type: Article

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