Job strain and ischaemic disease: Does the inclusion of older employees in the cohort dilute the association? The WOLF Stockholm Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-374

  Kivimaki M ^a,b   Theorell, T ^c,d   Westerlund, H ^d   Vahtera, J ^b   Alfredsson, L ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ANGINA;

EID: 41149110063     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.063578     Document Type: Article

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