Psychosocial work environment and cardiovascular risk factors in an occupational cohort in France

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-100

  Niedhammer, Isabelle ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Leclerc, Annette ^a   David, Simone ^a   Bugel, Isabelle ^a   Landre, Marie France ^a  

^a Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031973972     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.2.93     Document Type: Article

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