Job control and the risk of incident stroke in the working population in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Toivanen, Susanna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Job exposure matrix; Occupational epidemiology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; JOB CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SWEDEN; WIDOWED PERSON; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKING TIME;

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 42549086869     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1196     Document Type: Article

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