What prevents professional drivers from following physicians' cardiologic advice?

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 67, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 226-240

  Emdad, Reza ^a   Belkic, Karen ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a   Cizinsky, Stella ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac counselling; Cardiac risk factors; Obesity; Professional drivers; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVER; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031928849     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012285     Document Type: Article

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