The contribution of job characteristics to socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of myocardial infarction

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2240-2252

  Huisman, Martijn ^a,b   Van Lenthe, Frank ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^a   Mackenbach, Johan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Job characteristics; Myocardial infarction; Social inequalities; Socioeconomic position; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATION; JOB SEARCH; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42949131304     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.049     Document Type: Article

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