Job constraints and arterial hypertension: Different effects in men and women: The IHPAF II case control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 711-717

  Radi, S ^a   Lang, T ^a   Lauwers Cances V ^a   Diene E ^a   Chatellier, G ^b   Larabi, L ^c   De Gaudemaris, R ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 25444481821     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.012955     Document Type: Article

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