Job strain, blood pressure and response to uncontrollable stress

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Cropley, Mark ^a   Joekes, Katherine ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure stress; Control; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0033010448     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917020-00003     Document Type: Article

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