Is the association between job strain and carotid intima-media thickness attributable to pre-employment environmental and dispositional factors? The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 676-682

  Hintsa, T ^a   Kivimaki M ^a,b   Elovainio, M ^c   Vahtera, J ^d   Hintsanen, M ^a   Viikari, J S A ^d   Raitakari, O T ^e   Keltikangas Jarvinen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; LIFE; MALE; MARKET; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; TYPE A PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149136217     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.037622     Document Type: Article

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