What are the next steps for research on work stress and coronary heart disease?

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 6, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^d   Virtanen, Marianna ^b,d   Hintsanen, Mirka ^d   Väänänen, Ari ^b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,e   Ferrie, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Psychosocial conditions; Working population

Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 51349120048     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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