The triad of shift work, occupational noise, and physical workload and risk of coronary heart disease

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 378-386

  Virkkunen, H ^a,b   Harma M ^d   Kauppinen, T ^d   Tenkanen, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Heart Study   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33744799142     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.022558     Document Type: Article

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