Effort-reward imbalance, heart rate, and heart rate variability: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 202-212

  Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Puttonen, Sampsa ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Koskinen, Thomas ^b   Raitakari, Olli T ^b   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease risk; Effort reward imbalance; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34250357794     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03002994     Document Type: Article

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