Allostatic load and work conditions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-656

  Schnorpfeil, Pia ^a   Noll, Alexander ^a   Schulze, Renate ^c   Ehlert, Ulrike ^b   Frey, Karl ^a   Fischer, Joachim E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Cardiovascular disease; Decision latitude; Germany; Job demands; Risk factors; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYEE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HIP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

GERMANY;

EID: 0038121703     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00407-0     Document Type: Article

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