Relationship between two alternative occupational stress models and arterial stiffness: A cross-sectional study among Japanese workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-183

  Utsugi, Megumi ^a   Saijo, Yasuaki ^b   Yoshioka, Eiji ^c   Sato, Tetsuro ^c   Horikawa, Naoko ^c   Gong, Yingyan ^c   Kishi, Reiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Demand control model; Effort reward imbalance; Occupational stress; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 58249143499     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0319-z     Document Type: Article

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