Increased risk for Coronary Heart Disease in blue-collar workers at a military industrial plant in Greece?

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-168

  Rachiotis, G ^a   Papanagiotou, G ^b   Kambosi, Constantina ^b   Behrakis, P ^a   Kremastinos, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b PYRKAL Military Industry Plant ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary Heart Disease; Occupation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 24944523410     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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