Association between long-term job strain and metabolic syndrome factor across sex and occupation

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-161

  Kinnunen, Marja Liisa ^a   Feldt, Taru ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c,d   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Job strain; Long term; Metabolic syndrome; Occupational group; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849132142     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.27.3.151     Document Type: Article

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