Job stress and the occupational gradient in coronary heart disease risk in women: The Stockholm Female Coronary Risk Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-489

  Wamala, Sarah P ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^b   Horsten, Myriam ^a   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^c   Orth Gomér, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Job control; Job demands; Job stress; Occupational class; Psychosocial factors; Women

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; STRESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0034664213     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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