A prospective study of job strain and coronary heart disease in US women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1147-1153

  Lee, Sunmin ^a,b   Colditz, Graham ^a,b,c   Berkman, Lisa ^a,d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Harvard Center for Society and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SMOKING; STRESS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 12244275021     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.6.1147     Document Type: Article

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