Job stress and coronary heart disease: A case-control study using a Chinese population

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Xu, Weixian ^a   Zhao, Yiming ^b   Guo, Lijun ^a   Guo, Yanhong ^a   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Job stress; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649664384     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8060     Document Type: Article

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