Managerial leadership and ischaemic heart disease among employees: The Swedish WOLF study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-55

  Nyberg, A ^a,b   Alfredsson, L ^a,c   Theorell, T ^b   Westerlund, H ^b   Vahtera, J ^d   Kivimaki M ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGINA;

EID: 58349109455     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.039362     Document Type: Article

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