Does occupational gender segregation influence the association of effort-reward imbalance with myocardial infarction in the SHEEP study?

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-43

  Peter, Richard ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^b   Hallqvist, Johan ^c   Siegrist, Johannes ^d   Theorell, Töres ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Myocardial infarction; Occupational gender segregation; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFORT REWARD IMBALANCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; EXERCISE; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645641870     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1301_5     Document Type: Article

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