The Impact of Job Strain and Marital Cohesion on Ambulatory Blood Pressure During 1 Year: The Double Exposure Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-153

  Tobe, Sheldon W ^a   Kiss, Alexander ^a   Sainsbury, Susan ^a   Jesin, Maytal ^a   Geerts, Ryan ^a   Baker, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood pressure; Hypertension; job strain; marital strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846414687     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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