The relationship between job strain and coronary heart disease: Evidence from an English sample of the working male population

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 279-290

  Sacker, A ^a,b   Bartley, M J ^a   Frith, D ^a   Fitzpatrick, R M ^a   Marmot, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CORONARY DISEASE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORK;

EID: 0035110915     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291701003270     Document Type: Article

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