Biological consequences of stress: Conflicting findings on the association between job strain and blood pressure

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1717-1726

  Fornari, C ^a   Ferrario, M ^b   Menni, C ^a   Sega, R ^a   Facchetti, R ^a   Cesana, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Job strain; Public administration

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; PERSONNEL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESSES;

BODY MASS INDEX; HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (HDL); JOB STRAIN;

ERGONOMICS;

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35848951368     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701674208     Document Type: Article

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