High job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in middle-aged men and women from the Belgian Job Stress study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 360-367

  Clays, Els ^a   Leynen, Francoise ^b   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Kornitzer, Marcel ^b   Kittel, France ^b   Karasek, Robert ^c   De Backer, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORK; WORKER;

BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247219173     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31803b94e2     Document Type: Article

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