Work time and 11-year progression of carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged finnish men

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Krause, Niklas ^a   Brand, Richard J ^a   Kauhanen, Jussi ^b   Kaplan, George A ^c   Leonard Syme, S ^d   Wong, Candice C ^a   Salonen, Jukka T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Oy Jurilab Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PATHOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 59149090572     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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