Work stress and coronary heart disease: What are the mechanisms?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 640-648

  Chandola, Tarani ^a   Britton, Annie ^a   Brunner, Eric ^a   Hemingway, Harry ^a   Malik, Marek ^b   Kumari, Meena ^a   Badrick, Ellena ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina; Autonomic nervous system; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Psychosocial; Work stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC STRESS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 44949183335     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm584     Document Type: Article

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