Job strain and cardiovascular risk factors among members of the Danish parliament

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Gyntelberg, F ^a,b   Suadicani, P ^a   Jensen, G ^a   Schnohr, P ^a   Netterstrom B ^a   Kristensen, T S ^a   Hein, H O ^a   Appleyard, M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Job strain; Politicians; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; FIBRINOGEN; LIPID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WINE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031983014     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.1.31     Document Type: Article

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