Effects on blood pressure do not explain the association between organizational justice and coronary heart disease in the Whitehall II study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Shipley, Martin ^a   Gimeno, David ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   De Vogli, Roberto ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Head, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Organizational justice; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JUSTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 38149008109     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815aaca3     Document Type: Article

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