Shiftwork and myocardial infarction: A case-control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-50

  Knutsson, Anders ^a   Hallquist, Johan ^b   Reuterwall, Christina ^c   Theorell, Töres ^c   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case referent; Coronary artery disease; Job strain; Sex; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0032934149     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.1.46     Document Type: Article

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