Work stress and risk of cardiovascular mortality: Prospective cohort study of industrial employees

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7369, 2002, Pages 857-860

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^a   Luukkonen, Ritva ^a   Riihimäki, Hilkka ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a   Kirjonen, Juhani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037137061     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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