Increases in job strain are associated with incident hypertension in the CARDIA study

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-9

  Markovitz, Jerome H ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b,e   Whooley, Mary ^c   Lewis, Cora E ^a   Greenlund, Kurt J ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c S Francisco Vet Aff Med Center   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY RISK; DECISION MAKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 3342962365     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2801_2     Document Type: Article

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