Shift work in young adults and carotid artery intima-media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 608-613

  Puttonen, Sampsa ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Pulkki Råback, Laura ^d   Hintsanen, Mirka ^d   Vahtera, Jussi ^a   Telama, Risto ^e   Juonala, Markus ^f   Viikari, Jorma S A ^f   Raitakari, Olli T ^f   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^f  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Shift work

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT WORK; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL STATUS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 67650873142     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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