Shift work, occupational noise and physical workload with ensuing development of blood pressure and their joint effect on the risk of coronary heart disease

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-434

  Virkkunen, Hanna ^a,b   Härmä, Mikko ^c   Kauppinen, Timo ^c   Tenkanen, Leena ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Heart Study   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Job exposure matrix; Longitudinal study; Register linkage

Indexed keywords

GEMFIBROZIL; PLACEBO;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 40749152782     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1170     Document Type: Article

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