Association between job characteristics and plasma fibrinogen in a normal working population: A cross sectional analysis in referents of the SHEEP study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 348-354

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a   Theorell, Töres ^b   Hallqvist, Johan ^b   Reuterwall, Christina ^b,c   De Faire, Ulf ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032914081     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.6.348     Document Type: Article

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