Two alternative job stress models and the risk of coronary heart disease

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-74

  Bosma, Hans ^a   Peter, Richard ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^b   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 0031886269     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.68     Document Type: Article

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