Job Loss and Broken Partnerships: Do the Number of Stressful Life Events Influence the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Men?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 743-745

  Kriegbaum, Margit ^a   Christensen, Ulla ^a   Lund, Rikke ^a   Prescott, Eva ^b   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort Studies; Marital Status; Myocardial Ischemia; Social Class; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BROKEN PARTNERSHIP; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 52049106359     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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