Decision latitude, job strain, and myocardial infarction: A study of working men in Stockholm

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 382-388

  Theorell, Töres ^a,d   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Hallquist, Johan ^e   Reuterwall, Christina ^e   Hogstedt, Christer ^e   Fredlund, Peeter ^e   Emlund, Nils ^e   Johnson, Jeffrey V ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Kawasaki Town Hospital   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART INFARCTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 0031958447     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.3.382     Document Type: Article

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