Association between psychosocial factors at work and nonfatal myocardial infarction in a population-based case-control study in Czech men

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-47

  Bobák, Martin ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^b   Škodová, Zdenka ^c   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Job strain; Myocardial infarction; Psychosocial factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CZECH REPUBLIC; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031975239     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199801000-00010     Document Type: Article

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