Job strain and biological coronary risk factors: A cross-sectional study of male and female workers in a Japanese rural district

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-311

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a,e   Tsutsumi, Kaname ^b   Kayaba, Kazunori ^c   Theorell, Töres ^d   Nago, Naoki ^c   Kario, Kazuomi ^c   Igarashi, Masahiro ^c  

^a Akaike Town Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kyushu International University   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Gender; Psychosocial factors; Risk factors; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032458590     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0504_4     Document Type: Article

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