Does Job Strain Increase the Risk for Coronary Heart Disease or Death in Men and Women? The Framingham Offspring Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 950-958

  Eaker, Elaine D ^a   Sullivan, Lisa M ^b,c   Kelly Hayes, Margaret ^c,d   D'Agostino Sr , Ralph B ^b,c   Benjamin, Emelia J ^c,d  

^a Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises LLC   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Heart Lung Blood Institute's Heart   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Coronary disease; Occupations; Psychology; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB SATISFACTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2342554288     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh127     Document Type: Article

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