Job strain, social support at work, and incidence of myocardial infarction

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 548-553

  Hammar, Niklas ^a,b   Alfredsson, Lars ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey V ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Job strain; Myocardial infarction; Social support at work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031821147     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.8.548     Document Type: Article

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