Is there an association between severe job strain, transient rise in blood pressure and increased mortality?

Blood Pressure

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Kjeldsen, Sverre E ^a,b   Knudsen, Karl ^c   Ekrem, Gunhild ^c   Fure, Tormod O ^d   Movinckel, Petter ^e   Erikssen, Jan E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Health Office   (Norway)

^d Safety Health and Environmental Secretariat for the Norwegian Smelters   (Norway)

^e Found for Health Services Research   (Norway)

^f AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Hypertension; Job strain; Mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33745112599     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050600750157     Document Type: Article

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