Relationship of perceived job stress to total coronary risk in a cohort of working men and women in Belgium

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Pelfrene, Edwin ^a   Leynen, FranãƒÂ§oise ^b   Mak, Rudolf P ^a   Bacquer, Dirk de ^a   Kornitzer, Marcel ^b   Backer, Guy de ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

iso strain; job strain; total coronary risk; work related stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0347655082     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000095048.46631.f0     Document Type: Article

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