Association between work-related psychological stress and arterial stiffness measured by brachial-ankle pulse-wave velocity in young Japanese males from an information service company

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 352-359

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a   Karita, Kanae ^a   Nishikitani, Mariko ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Job content questionnaire; Work related psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; NORADRENALIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ANKLE; ANXIETY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION SERVICE; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION; WORKING TIME;

EID: 27744497501     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.918     Document Type: Article

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