Work conditions and masked (hidden) hypertension - Insights into the global epidemic of hypertension

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 6, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Landsbergis, Paul A ^a,g   Schnall, Peter L ^b   Belkić, Karen L ^c,d   Schwartz, Joseph E ^e   Baker, Dean ^b   Pickering, Thomas G ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^g SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Epidemiology; Hidden hypertension; Job strain; Masked hypertension; Occult hypertension; Review; White coat hypertension; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MASKED HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51349098216     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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