Work-related life events, psychological well-being and cardiovascular risk factors in male Swedish automotive workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 386-392

  Rose, Gisela ^a,b   Kumlin, Lars ^a   Dimberg, Lennart ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Orth Gomer, Kristina ^a   Cai, Xiaodong ^a  

^a Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

^b Salubritas AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Life event; Psychological; Risk factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVOUSNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33749602086     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql037     Document Type: Article

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