Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: The Whitehall II study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Elovainio, M ^a,b   Feme, J E ^a   Singh Manoux, A ^a,c   Gimeno, D ^a   De Vogli, R ^a   Shipley, M J ^a   Vahtera, J ^d   Brunner, E J ^a   Marmot, M G ^a   Kivimaki M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58349108276     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.039305     Document Type: Article

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