Coronary risks among seafarers aboard German-flagged ships

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-741

  Oldenburg, Marcus ^a   Jensen, Hans Joachim ^a   Latza, Ute ^a   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary risk; German flagged vessels; Seafaring

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BULGARIA; CAPE VERDE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; KIRIBATI; LIFESTYLE; LITHUANIA; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAILOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SHIP; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; SPORT; UKRAINE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS;

EID: 40349113748     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0261-5     Document Type: Article

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