Income differences in cardiovascular disease: Is the contribution from work similar in prevalence versus mortality outcomes?

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Toivanen, Susanna ^a   Hemström, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Income; Job exposure matrix; Self reports; Sweden; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WORK;

EID: 33645989202     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1301_11     Document Type: Review

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