Working while III as a risk factor for serious coronary events: The whitehall II study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-102

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Head, Jenny ^c   Ferrie, Jane E ^c   Hemingway, Harry ^c   Shipley, Martin J ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK; ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 11344258346     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.035873     Document Type: Article

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